The Pmarca Guide to Startups, Part 9: How to hire a professional CEO

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by abstractbill • 19 years ago

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kansando• 19 years ago

You know the Boston area VCs insist on replacing the founding CEOs. Are they nuts?

staunch3• 19 years ago

I was going to print up #9 and read it over a nice casual lunch sitting outside at a table in the sun. Now I get to re-read "Don't" 2000 times. Thanks Marc, ya bastard!

adamsmith2• 19 years ago

Read your favorite of the others again. There's nothing like repetition!

"How can you internalize all of that knowledge?

I can give you two hacks.

First, use repetition. Download the audio versions of Paul Graham's essays, burn them on a CD, and listen to them over and over again. Read books once, identify the ones you like, and then read those again and again, every six months."

 - http://blogs.xobni.com/asmith/archives/27

staunch3• 19 years ago

Yeah, you're totally right about re-reading. It helps a ton. That's actually what I did today. Still, it's always more enjoyable to read something new.

One problem is that I've re-read (and re-listened) to everything PG and Pmarca have ever posted on the damn internet, many times over. Now I just re-read the best ones for the 20th time. I read/listen on the train, at lunch, and at the park so my appetite is insatiable. Need. More. Content.

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, Part 9: How to hire a professional CEO

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