Experience Is Overrated

Guy’s viewpoint is not one shared by the majority of venture capitalists. Guy sees the best candidates for a successful start-up are young engineers with no business experience.

Please visit the Stanford Technology Venture Program’s Educator’s Corner for more clips.


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I've been thinking about life, existence, and truth for as long as I could remember. When I was about 7 I remember getting a headache trying to figure out who created God...and if someone created him, then who create him? I love investigating and testing, taking nothing for truth that outside my direct experience. At the age of 12, I started my own candy selling business; it grew so large that the principal ended up closing me down (but that was just the beginning...) Through my videos and articles, I share my journey with the world.

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