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Elad Gil (Elad Gil) on the Core Traits That Define the Best Founders Elad has backed: - Dylan Field, Figma - Brian Chesky, Airbnb - Palmer Luckey, Anduril - Brian Armstrong, Coinbase - Patrick & John Collison, Stripe - Qasar Younis, Applied Intuition - Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity - Ryan...

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