Kaz Nejatian

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618 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 21 Jul

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The Knowledge Project · Inside Kaz Nejatian’s Fight to Save Opendoor · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

And a job of a founder type is to be, you know, a nuclear bomb of truth over and over again.

First principle truth.

But what is important is to discover who you are, discover that kernel of truth,

And build only on that.

And then hire exceptionally good people.

And guide them.

Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of people had convinced themselves that bad things were happening to Opendoor.

That Opendoor was like this victim of the macroeconomic environment.

You know the victim type mentality that people develop, right?

You know people who blame the world for everything that goes wrong with them.

Opendoor felt like that.

The company was just mad at the world, mad at its partners, mad at its customers, because it blamed the outside world for everything that was happening to it.

I mean, I think like a commitment to truth over feelings is incredibly important.

I sent my team, I have a blueprint that I've sent to the entire company because my job was to create strong repelling forces.

i.e.

I wanted everyone who didn't like how I was going to run the company to quit.

You wanted people to opt out.

Yeah, to opt, people to opt out.

And then that would create room for people to opt in from the outside.

The most dangerous people in any company, if you grab a two by two chart, are competent, but not mission aligned people.

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