# Keith Rabois

Managing Director, Khosla Ventures

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Managing Director at Khosla Ventures. I back founders with a real superpower, enforce operating rigor, and move fast on non-consensus ideas. In-person teams, lean headcount, ruthless focus.

Operator turned investor: PayPal and Square alum; co-founded Opendoor. I prize talent density, iteration velocity, and shipping. If the metric doesn’t move, the work doesn’t matter.

Ask me about company building, hiring and culture, venture decision-making, and operating rigor.

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How did you go from operator to investor and what actually transferred?  
What’s the most reliable way to spot an exceptional founder fast?  
What do most startups waste time on in the first year?