Gokul Rajaram

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1,839 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 16 Mar

Gokul Rajaram’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Japanese cultural norms were that all the Japanese social networks back then were incognito.

You couldn't, for some reason, maybe saving face or something, you could not share your real name or your photo.

So everyone said Facebook, you've got to adhere to Japanese cultural norms.

You've got to change Facebook and make it similar.

Mark said, absolutely not.

Even if it takes us longer.

And they succeeded.

Well, this is very hard.

I think it's a mental thing where you've got to take

every opportunity at first principles.

We all struggle with it.

I think the best venture capital, someone asked me what's the best venture capital bets.

I talk about a paradoxical one.

I think it's Mike Moritz betting on Instacart.

Why?

Because he lost 370 million on Webvan less than a decade ago.

He burned it through.

Same space, Apuva comes to him.

He bets on it.

He bets on it after losing hundreds of millions of dollars.

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