Steven

So if someone's not quite T-shaped, if they're a little bit I-shaped, is there something they can do to become a bit more T-shaped?

So if someone's not quite T-shaped, if they're a little bit I-shaped, is there something they can do to become a bit more T-shaped?

And do you need to be a T-shaped leader at Snapchat now and when there was 10 of you in the bedroom or in your dad's house? Has it always been important or is that a function of being bigger?

And do you need to be a T-shaped leader at Snapchat now and when there was 10 of you in the bedroom or in your dad's house? Has it always been important or is that a function of being bigger?

Before we move on to the second two, if this Evan could have gone back to the Evan that was running a team of 10 and he could have pulled him aside and said, listen, here's some advice that you're going to need to know about leadership and building this team. The most critical advice I could give you at this time.

Before we move on to the second two, if this Evan could have gone back to the Evan that was running a team of 10 and he could have pulled him aside and said, listen, here's some advice that you're going to need to know about leadership and building this team. The most critical advice I could give you at this time.

and this is for all the entrepreneurs out there that are building, they're laying the foundations of a potentially very big company right now. What would you have whispered in his ear?

and this is for all the entrepreneurs out there that are building, they're laying the foundations of a potentially very big company right now. What would you have whispered in his ear?

And when you're back there and you've made a mistake, there's something you've done wrong, In hindsight, did you know? Because one of the things that I think of when I was a first-time founder building a student notice board was I would get feedback, and the feedback would be saying, you're wrong about this, you need to change.

And when you're back there and you've made a mistake, there's something you've done wrong, In hindsight, did you know? Because one of the things that I think of when I was a first-time founder building a student notice board was I would get feedback, and the feedback would be saying, you're wrong about this, you need to change.

And I think sometimes there was a part of me that knew, but I was, like, too scared. to act upon it. So I kind of like gaslit myself to just keep going. And I think a lot of founders do that. I know this because they come to me in my portfolio and they say, oh, Steve, there's this guy we've hired and he's been there now for a year and he's just not cutting it.

And I think sometimes there was a part of me that knew, but I was, like, too scared. to act upon it. So I kind of like gaslit myself to just keep going. And I think a lot of founders do that. I know this because they come to me in my portfolio and they say, oh, Steve, there's this guy we've hired and he's been there now for a year and he's just not cutting it.

I'm like, why the fuck are you telling me? And they're procrastinating, avoiding the conversation, but clearly they know. Clearly they know it's not right.

I'm like, why the fuck are you telling me? And they're procrastinating, avoiding the conversation, but clearly they know. Clearly they know it's not right.

Is there anything else you would have said to that younger Evan in your dad's house? Advice?

Is there anything else you would have said to that younger Evan in your dad's house? Advice?

So do you wish you had... This would have been a pretty remarkable thing to do, but do you wish you had made, like, a culture Bible in the early days? And then... Like, I'm thinking practically... What should a founder do then if they're at that stage when they've got a small team now to prevent what happened to you in terms of the culture becoming a little bit too pick and mix?

So do you wish you had... This would have been a pretty remarkable thing to do, but do you wish you had made, like, a culture Bible in the early days? And then... Like, I'm thinking practically... What should a founder do then if they're at that stage when they've got a small team now to prevent what happened to you in terms of the culture becoming a little bit too pick and mix?

It just doesn't seem like a priority to founders' culture.

It just doesn't seem like a priority to founders' culture.