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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

20VC: MongoDB CEO, Dev Ittycheria on Why Sometimes You Have To Be Inefficient To Be Effective, The 2 Different Types of Decisions and How Great Leaders Respond To Each & Why Value To Overhead Ratio Is The Metric To Use When Selecting Investors

Aug 10, 2020 · 42:50
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✨ AI Summary
  • Dev Ittycheria discusses the necessity of inefficiency for effectiveness at MongoDB.
  • He differentiates decision types and how leaders should respond to each.
  • The value-to-overhead ratio is a key metric for selecting investors.

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