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"Run Towards Growth" Career Advice From ex-YC COO and Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis

Today, we're back for our FINAL episode before a 3 week summer break! We're back the first week of September.

Today we're joined by Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition and former COO of Y Combinator, to talk about his life lessons & career advice.

He speaks about:

The rule he got from a Harvard professor: a mediocre person in a high-growth industry beats the best person in a mediocre one

The most useful advice of his career

Optimising for the people you'll learn from over title and pay (at any cost)

The four life-burners problem, and which one he switched off

Working seven…

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