E440: What Steve Jobs Taught Me About Great Founders

Highlights:

• Why great technology companies always start with exceptional people
• How Steven separates founder ambition from delusion
• What great founders understand about attracting world-class talent
• What Steven learned from working directly with Steve Jobs
• Why Steve Jobs obsessed over details most CEOs would ignore
• How Apple sold $60 million of advertising before the product was live
• Why the founders of Etched immediately stood out
• The founder traits that remain constant across every technology cycle
• Why AI is moving faster than previous technology revolutions
• Why Steven believes both enormous winners and failures are coming
• What Foursquare taught him about valuations and paper gains

Guest Bio:

Steven Rosenblatt is Co-Founder and General Partner at Oceans, a seed-stage venture firm headquartered in New York City. Previously, he held senior operating roles at Foursquare and Apple, joining Apple after its acquisition of Quattro Wireless.

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