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

2024-06-09 · 83 min · 45 entities

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Episode description as stored
Uri Levine is the co-founder of Waze, the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app, acquired by Google for over $1 billion. He’s also founded nine other companies, been on the board of 20 companies, and advised more than 50 companies. He’s most recently the author of Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs , hailed by Steve Wozniak as the “Bible for entrepreneurs.” Uri is dedicated to creating impactful startups that solve real-world problems and has seen everything from failure to moderate success to big success. In our conversation, we dig into: • Why falling in love with the problem is key to startup success • The phases of the startup journey and how to navigate them • Why firing is more important than hiring • How Waze iterated to achieve product-market fit • Tactics for telling a compelling story when fundraising • Much more — Brought to you by: • Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security • Mercury —The powerful and intuitive way for ambitious companies to bank • LinkedIn Ads —Reach professionals and drive results for your business — Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/lessons-from-uri-levine — Where to find Uri Levine: • X: https://twitter.com/urilevine1 • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/uri-levine • Website: https://urilevine.com/ — Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com • X: https://twitter.com/lennysan • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/ — In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Uri’s background (02:50) Falling in love with the problem (09:03) Signs this is a big enough problem (10:54) The importance of passion (12:06) A pivot example (14:01) Where to find startup ideas (21:57) Finding product-market fit at Waze (29:45) The different phases of a startup journey (36:47) What investors don’t want to hear (39:53) Fundraising tips (48:02) How to make your presentations stronger (50:32) A wild fundraising story (53:46) Firing and hiring (59:50) The 30-day test (01:04:12) Understanding users (01:12:10) Talking to the right users (01:15:36) Lightning round — Referenced: • Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs : https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Love-Problem-Solution-Entrepreneurs/dp/1637741987 • Waze: https://www.waze.com/ • Ben Horowitz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/behorowitz/ • Ben Horowitz quote: https://quotefancy.com/quote/1635284/Ben-Horowitz-As-a-startup-CEO-I-slept-like-a-baby-I-woke-up-every-2-hours-and-cried • Michael Jordan quote: https://www.forbes.com/quotes/11194/#:~:text=I've%20lost%20almost%20300,that%20is%20why%20I%20succeed . • Steph Curry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Curry • How Airbnb Used Word of Mouth to Change the Travel Industry Forever: https://truested.com/story/airbnb • Space Mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Mountain_(Disneyland) • How Netflix builds a culture of excellence | Elizabeth Stone (CTO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-netflix-builds-a-culture-of-excellence • Steve Wozniak on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wozniaksteve/ • Uri’s post about the conference in Guatemala with Steve Wozniak: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/uri-levine_jewishnewyear-speakers-book-activity-6980089544079486976-0ADa/ • Leonardo da Vinci quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9010638-simplicity-is-the-ultimate-sophistication-when-once-you-have-tasted • Geoffrey Moore on finding your beachhead, crossing the chasm, and dominating a market: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/geoffrey-moore-on-finding-your-beachhead • Nana Korobi Ya Oki: https://ikigaitribe.com/vlog/nana-korobi-ya-oki/ • That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea : https://www.amazon.com/That-Will-Never-Work-Netflix/dp/0316530204 • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones : https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299 • 8 Great Chess Apps for Beginners