How I Built ThisThe superpower that built a $10 billion company wasn't coding
“And that's probably the thing I learned best in college, which was I can go into a group of people who are way better than me, and I can make them more productive.”
And that's probably the thing I learned best in college, which was I can go into a group of people who are way better than me, and I can make them more productive.
Yeah. Which is a hugely important superpower. Right? And and this will come up later when we're gonna talk
about this because later on in some of your best known businesses, you admit you're not you didn't were not the programmer. You were not coding this stuff. This was not your I'm good at explaining stuff because I have a pretty simple brain, and I don't understand things that that are too complex. But to get into your original question, which was, you know, did I have any job offers after school? So I actually had a job
About this clip
Square co-founder Jim McKelvey reveals his key insight from college: his superpower isn't technical expertise, but making talented people more productive. He explains how having a 'simple brain' that can explain complex concepts became his greatest asset in building successful companies.
Why this clip
This clip captures a counterintuitive insight about how non-technical founders can add massive value to tech companies through leadership and communication skills rather than coding ability.
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