Steal From The Best

Steal From The Best

Keith Rabois

Technology investor and former operating executive

Ideas

Technology investor Keith Rabois explains why employees should focus on one thing

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Technology investor Keith Rabois explains why hiring more engineers doesn't get more done

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on why management style should fit each employee

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Technology investor Keith Rabois explains how to frame reference-check questions

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on why disruptive founders can succeed

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Keith Rabois explains how to decide between hiring for aptitude and experience

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Technology investor Keith Rabois explains why every customer support inquiry is a product flaw

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on how remote work changes hiring ratios

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Technology investor Keith Rabois: “The best thing you can do is double down on your stars”

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Technology investor Keith Rabois explains how to decide when to delegate

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Technology investor Keith Rabois explains why he looks for a spike in founders

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on how he handles overvalued startups

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on how long a team can be wrong before switching gears

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Keith Rabois explains why he doesn’t always recommend younger investors

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on what makes an investment psychologically rewarding

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on why the best founders ask for frameworks, not answers

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Technology investor Keith Rabois explains why startups should hire people big companies won't

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on why he read Visa’s 900-page manual on day one at Square

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on what content should be allowed on Facebook

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on why the president shouldn’t negotiate deals

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Keith Rabois explains why early-stage investors should fail a certain amount

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Technology investor Keith Rabois on how Google's snippets may violate fair use

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Tech investor Keith Rabois on why automating compliance is perceived as fintech’s hardest problem

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Intro

▶️How to Operate with Keith Rabois (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 14)46:53 · 19 Apr 2017

▶️Speed, Standards & Building Moats in the AI Era with Keith Rabois34:00 · 25 Sep 2025

▶️Keith Rabois on the role of a COO, how to hire the best and why transparency matters37:10 · 14 Mar 2013

▶️How To Build A Billion Dollar Company with Keith Rabois42:11 · 28 Sep 2023

Deep

▶️Hard truths about building in the AI era | Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures)1:22:39 · 12 Apr 2026

▶️Keith Rabois - How to Hire39:35 · 25 Oct 2024

🎧Keith Rabois - If You Can't Sell Them, Compete with Them (Invest Like the Best, EP.115)61 min · 18 Dec 2018

📄Hiring, Managing, and Firing Executives: An Interview with Keith Rabois (High Growth Handbook)

📄Keith Rabois (Founders Fund/Khosla): Building Amazing Teams (Video + Transcript)10 Jan 2017

📝Lecture 14 - How to Operate (Keith Rabois) — full transcript

✍️BREAKING: Keith Rabois Returns. Lessons From PayPal Mafia, $OPEN, & Investing (Sourcery)19 Sep 2025

Other operators

Gibson BiddleFormer VP of Product at Netflix

Deb LiuFormer CEO of Ancestry and creator of Facebook Marketplace

Casey WintersFormer Chief Product Officer at Eventbrite

Gokul RajaramFormer product executive at Google, Facebook, and Square

Claire Hughes JohnsonFormer COO of Stripe

Chris HadfieldFormer ISS commander and astronaut

Jamie DimonJPMorgan Chase CEO

Jack WelchFormer GE CEO