Elad Gil: Leading your startup through a recession

04/17/20 • 23 min

This week, we're having tea with serial entrepreneur and investor, Elad Gil. In a past life, Elad started the Mobile team at Google and co-founded Color Genomics. Now, he's an investor and advisor to companies including Airbnb, Pinterest, and Stripe. He's also the author of the High Growth Handbook. In this episode, Elad shares: 1:27: How both early and late stage companies can adjust to a downturn 6:52: The amount of runway you should aim for 13:05: How to position decelerated growth to investors 18:07: Why now is a great time to start a new company Want to hear more? Like the episode? Send us a note at [email protected].

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