Jake and Jonathan

75: How to Found a Startup and Sell it toĀ Google

04.22.2019 - By Jake Knapp & Jonathan CourtneyPlay

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Jake interviews ex-Googler Xander Pollockā€”one of the first people to run sell Design Sprints outside Google. They cover a bunch of topics, such as:

- Starting a company

- Raising fundingĀ 

- How Google made the decision to buy Xanderā€™s company

- Building relationships, no ego, directness

- Salary negotiations & making career decisions based on money

- Going independentĀ

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