Which business figure do you admire and why?
By Lucky Roo
@youfiq (2565)
United States
June 8, 2021 12:34am CST
Adam D'Angelo, Founder and CEO of Quora.
Young, very smart, doesn't care what others think of him (I'm guessing this from his hairstyle!), he's technically brilliant
But what I really like about him is the way he builds Quora, a product I feel is always brilliant.
I'm sure I've read one of his Quora answers where he wrote that he once had a team of just 4 people when he raised US$11m Series A.
What Adam D'Angelo has managed to do better than any other entrepreneur is to do extraordinary things with a small, super-intelligent team.
“A small team of A+ class players can dance around giant B and C class teams” - Steve Jobs
And Adam is living proof of that.
He takes his Lean Startup principles to the limit, has really focused on building great products, focused on what matters. Tunnel vision.
In addition, Quora's slogan Be Nice Be Respectful comes from him being polite, and appreciating…
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