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Lessons from Wes Kao

Wes Kao is an operator, marketing executive, and co-founder of Maven and the altMBA. Her Spiky Point of View framework argues that meaningful differentiation begins by standing for something distinct, supported by rigorous thinking and high-impact communication.
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Lessons from Bradford D. Smart

Bradford D. Smart, author of Topgrading, examines how companies can improve hiring, coaching, and retention by pursuing “A Players.” His framework makes the cost of a poor hire visible and turns talent decisions into a disciplined process.
Profile 6 min read Free

Lessons from Eugene Wei

Eugene Wei is a thinker in technology, media, and product strategy whose Remains of the Day essays introduced widely used Silicon Valley frameworks. His idea of Status as a Service reveals how products can organize social incentives.
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Lessons from Kevin Kwok

Kevin Kwok examines growth loops, marketplaces, collaboration, productivity, and strategy through his essays and work with Reforge. His distinction between loops and funnels offers a sharper way to study how growth compounds rather than merely converts.
Profile 8 min read Free

Lessons from Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, presents an optimistic vision of powerful AI shaped by serious attention to risk. His central tension is worth studying: whether confronting danger is the necessary route to extraordinary human benefit.
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Lessons from Logan Bartlett

Logan Bartlett is a Redpoint Ventures general partner and host of The Logan Bartlett Show. His candid venture perspective favors “unsexy” enterprise software and tactical founder insight, offering a contrarian lens on what deserves attention and investment.
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Lessons from Jeff Yass

Jeff Yass, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, moved from professional gambling to quantitative trading. Applying poker and game theory to markets, his approach offers a distinctive study in probability and careful decision-making under uncertainty.
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Lessons from Bruce Cleveland

Bruce Cleveland is an investor and author of Traversing the Traction Gap. Drawing on his work at Wildcat Venture Partners, he presents the Traction Gap as a framework for examining the difficult pursuit of meaningful traction.

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