Lenny Rachitsky

So maybe let's start with that first one of this idea of,

And this is a core thesis of your book.

This is not like an ethical values thing.

This is a structural element of building businesses in the US.

I'm excited to talk about what to do with these governance elements, but let's talk about this other critique that I imagine people have in their head of just like, is this like, you know, like, okay, I need to figure out product market fit first.

Yeah, yeah, I worry about it later.

Exactly.

There's so much more I need to do.

Like the chances of this working are so low.

Why am I, I have no time for anything else.

Oh, totally.

Damn, that hit me right in the heart.

And it's so obvious just how personal and important this is to you.

It's clear you've just seen this happen again and again.

Oh, yeah.

Okay, so let's talk about what people should do, and we'll poke around in different directions.

What's kind of like the broad stroke solution to this?

And then what are some, say, three things, say, an early stage founder should do this week, next week?

Now that company's worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

So before we get into that, let's remind people again why this is worth doing.