Web 2.0 Expo #7 : Max Levchin – Slide.com

There were a couple of interesting questions asked to Max during his discussion at Web 2.0 Expo. I thought you might enjoy them.

Question : How do you define success ?
Max : For some strange reasons, people are driven to do stuff. I’m driven to create companies. Slide.com is number 6. My first 4 companies failed. When you hire people, you basically look for drive. The measure of success is twofold: the number of people that use what you make worldwide and can’t live without it. The other number is people that make a million dollar or more among your employee roster.

Q.What advice do you have for entrepreneurs? Max : I like this quote from Winston Churchill “Never surrender”