Elad Gil on the High Growth Handbook (Highlighter Webinar, June 2020)

A Highlighter webinar with Elad Gil, hosted by David King.

Why it was kept

Three notes: the High Growth Handbook was never meant to be a book (Stripe’s founders wanted to publish it after seeing it), Gil’s story of a friend laughing at someone who wanted to start a company to help people (“you need better friends”), and the advice to surround yourself with people of similar ambition.

As Kyle captured it

• Listened to Highlighter webinar with Elad Gil and David King
  • High Growth Handbook was never meant to be a book, the founders of Stripe wanted to publish it after they saw it
  • He had a friend who cared a lot about starting a company so he could help people. He mentioned that at a dinner party, and a friend of his laughed at him. Elad’s response to that was “you need better friends.”
  • Surround yourself with people who have similar ambitions as you