Lessons from a two-time unicorn builder, 50-time startup advisor, and 20-time company board member | Uri Levine (co-founder of Waze)

You've co-founded ten different companies. You've been on the board of twenty. You've also built two unicorns, including Waze. The biggest startup lesson you seem to have taken out of that is to Fall in love. Fall in love. Fall in love. Fall in love with the problem. And then actually what you're trying to do is engage everyone else to fall in love with the same problem, to go into this journey, into this path, and follow your Anything you wanted to share around hiring firing. Every time that you hire someone new, mark your calendars for thirty days down the road, and ask yourself one question. Knowing what I know today, would I hire this person? If the answer is no, fire them immediately. Let's actually talk about fundraising. Most people are missing the most important. important slide of their presentation is the first slide. This slide is going to be presented for the longest period of time. This is the place that you're gonna put your strongest. The second most important slide is the last one. Today my guest is Uri Levine. Uri is the co-founder of Waze and nine other companies.

He sold two companies for over a billion dollars. He's also been on twenty different startup boards, including a dozen he's still currently on. He's also advised over fifty founders and startups over his career. More recently, he wrote a book that summarizes all of his advice for founders called Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution, A Handbook for Entrepreneurs. In the foreword to the book, Steve Wozniak said this book will change your life and become your Bible if you're an entrepreneur.

And I cannot disagree with that. This book is very tactical, with amazing stories, and walks you through the ideation phase all the way to exiting your company. In my conversation with Ori, we chat about many of my favorite chapters, including why falling in love with the problem is so important, how to find product market fit, a really clever tactic for firing people who aren't a fit for your company. A ton of really genius tactical advice for improving your fundraising pitch. And so much more. With that, I bring you Uri Levine. And if you enjoy this podcast, don't forget to subscribe and follow it in your favorite podcasting app or YouTube. It's the best way to avoid missing future episodes, and it helps the podcast tremendously.

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