Joe Lonsdale

ego and sense of it's like a I think all of us who are entrepreneurs have some narcissism I think that's like a natural thing but when it gets to a real extreme that's really dangerous and you stop questioning and you and you stop admitting when things are not going quite right because you can paper over it with the money you raise so that's probably the biggest challenge is that side I think the the other the other side of things is just this like

ego and sense of it's like a I think all of us who are entrepreneurs have some narcissism I think that's like a natural thing but when it gets to a real extreme that's really dangerous and you stop questioning and you and you stop admitting when things are not going quite right because you can paper over it with the money you raise so that's probably the biggest challenge is that side I think the the other the other side of things is just this like

Even the best people will have a lot of doubt about what's actually going to work and self-doubt. And then when things are just about to work and they've had to push really hard, there's almost always this thing that happens where like a bunch of people are going to quit because it's not quite working. And then you've got to convince them to stay a little bit longer.

Even the best people will have a lot of doubt about what's actually going to work and self-doubt. And then when things are just about to work and they've had to push really hard, there's almost always this thing that happens where like a bunch of people are going to quit because it's not quite working. And then you've got to convince them to stay a little bit longer.

Even the best people will have a lot of doubt about what's actually going to work and self-doubt. And then when things are just about to work and they've had to push really hard, there's almost always this thing that happens where like a bunch of people are going to quit because it's not quite working. And then you've got to convince them to stay a little bit longer.

I mean, you have to like find that like belief in yourself to push to those other people, right? To get it over the line.

I mean, you have to like find that like belief in yourself to push to those other people, right? To get it over the line.

I mean, you have to like find that like belief in yourself to push to those other people, right? To get it over the line.

I mean, at Palantir, about three years in, a few of the really key people were just like, this is taking too long. We don't have any major contracts. This is just ridiculous. We're pretending we're these kids who are going to run the global intelligence framework. What is even going on here? I can't do this anymore. I have all these other offers to pay me a lot more money.

I mean, at Palantir, about three years in, a few of the really key people were just like, this is taking too long. We don't have any major contracts. This is just ridiculous. We're pretending we're these kids who are going to run the global intelligence framework. What is even going on here? I can't do this anymore. I have all these other offers to pay me a lot more money.

I mean, at Palantir, about three years in, a few of the really key people were just like, this is taking too long. We don't have any major contracts. This is just ridiculous. We're pretending we're these kids who are going to run the global intelligence framework. What is even going on here? I can't do this anymore. I have all these other offers to pay me a lot more money.

And these shares are not clear they're worth anything. And it was really hard to convince them to stay. And then when they did, of course, it worked. And then a couple of them are still running their company there now, which is great. So it's like these things that are really hard to push across the line sometimes.

And these shares are not clear they're worth anything. And it was really hard to convince them to stay. And then when they did, of course, it worked. And then a couple of them are still running their company there now, which is great. So it's like these things that are really hard to push across the line sometimes.

And these shares are not clear they're worth anything. And it was really hard to convince them to stay. And then when they did, of course, it worked. And then a couple of them are still running their company there now, which is great. So it's like these things that are really hard to push across the line sometimes.

Yeah, sometimes I'm a good person for it because usually I'm a lot more successful than them and I can make fun of myself having...

Yeah, sometimes I'm a good person for it because usually I'm a lot more successful than them and I can make fun of myself having...

Yeah, sometimes I'm a good person for it because usually I'm a lot more successful than them and I can make fun of myself having...

similar narcissistic tendencies and and then you kind of like can bring them down a little bit by seeing like maybe themselves themselves and you and like you can like if you can like if you can like respect them by attacking what's wrong with them by attacking it in me maybe they at least listen now because it like cuts the pride down a little bit but it's so like there's sometimes those are types of things that someone like me maybe is uniquely suited to handle having having been there myself and been sure i could conquer the world and like you know especially in your early 20s and you get late 20s you get this energy that's just like

similar narcissistic tendencies and and then you kind of like can bring them down a little bit by seeing like maybe themselves themselves and you and like you can like if you can like if you can like respect them by attacking what's wrong with them by attacking it in me maybe they at least listen now because it like cuts the pride down a little bit but it's so like there's sometimes those are types of things that someone like me maybe is uniquely suited to handle having having been there myself and been sure i could conquer the world and like you know especially in your early 20s and you get late 20s you get this energy that's just like

similar narcissistic tendencies and and then you kind of like can bring them down a little bit by seeing like maybe themselves themselves and you and like you can like if you can like if you can like respect them by attacking what's wrong with them by attacking it in me maybe they at least listen now because it like cuts the pride down a little bit but it's so like there's sometimes those are types of things that someone like me maybe is uniquely suited to handle having having been there myself and been sure i could conquer the world and like you know especially in your early 20s and you get late 20s you get this energy that's just like