Our guest on this episode of Traction is a legend in Silicon Valley, Keith Rabois, CEO of OpenStore, and General Partner at top tier venture capital firm, Founders Fund.

He was instrumental to the success of PayPal, LinkedIn, Slide, Square, and OpenDoor. Eight companies he helped build are publicly traded IPOs with multi-billion dollar market caps or have been acquired for greater than $1 Billion. 

He’s an investor in several iconic multi-billion dollar brands including YouTube, Airbnb, Palantir, Eventbrite, Lyft, Quora and the list goes on and on. 

Keith shares some unconventional tactics for building hyper growth companies and disrupting industries. 

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