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20VC: Discord's Jason Citron on Why Everything We are Taught About Hiring & Management is BS | Do Richer Founders & Gamer Founders Make Better Founders? | Never Before Told Moments Behind Scaling to 200M Users

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20VC: Discord's Jason Citron on Why Everything We are Taught About Hiring & Management is BS | Do Richer Founders & Gamer Founders Make Better Founders? | Never Before Told Moments Behind Scaling to 200M Users

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

2024/11/25
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

2024/11/25
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Jason Citron is the Co-Founder and CEO of Discord, a voice, video and text platform for friends playing games. Jason has raised $1BN for the company and was able to scale to 200M users. Prior to co-founding Discord, Jason founded OpenFeint, the biggest soc...

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Jason Citron, Co-Founder and CEO of Discord, shares his insights on leadership, company growth, and the future of gaming. Known for scaling Discord to 200 million users and raising $1 billion, Citron's journey includes lessons learned from hiring missteps, strategic pivots, and navigating the complexities of AI in gaming.
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Management mistakes led to halted progress and shift back to 'founder mode'
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Hiring executives requires thorough reference-checking and a structured integration process.
31:36
AI could create bespoke, never-ending game content.
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Discord shut down its PC game store 45 days after launch due to high acquisition costs.
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Nuclear power plants are underrated due to misinformation.

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How Gaming Shaped Jason's Leadership Skills
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Why Hiring Experienced Executives Can Backfire?
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Will AI Revolutionize the Gaming Industry?
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The Pivotal Moment That Changed Discord's Trajectory
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Can Education Be Redesigned for the Future?
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Jason Citron: That period for us, when we went from 200 to 1,000 in basically two and a half years, was the moment in time when I think I made the most management mistakes at Discord. I hired a bunch of executives and set the vision and delegated the work ...