I had a chance to watch several session on JustinTV. Definitely nice to be able to keep working while checking in with the conversation.

My favorite session was one given by David Hua (Sincerely) and Rajiv Eranki (formerly of Dropbox). I really liked the attitude and energy of David, especially. He has this real vibrancy that you can see he is a real guy who is doing great things. The thing that sticks the most with me was how David responded to a question on being a “Rock Star.” He mentioned that he thought it was really important to be humble and that there were so many people in Silicon Valley that have done amazing things.

I was also surprised when Rajiv mentioned how they hired to their team. It was more about how well someone had done and whether they had won competitions. Also, it was important to be someone who was within the friend network. Being able to get along with others was so important.

A quote that stuck with me was one that David lived by “You can go fast by yourself, but far with others.” Definitely like his spirit of working with others to do great things.

A great question asked by one of the students was about whether it would be best to start with a big company then go to a startup. Or go straight to a startup. David answered this well. He could see that starting in a big company made sense since you would learn so much there. Then you could turn around and move to a startup with that knowledge.

Definitely a week, looking forward to what comes of it.