Episode · David Senra · 2026-11-04
David Senra & Scott Kupor: books mentioned
a16z's First Employee on the History of a16z, Venture Capital & Fixing the Government | Scott Kupor
Scott Kupor is the director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which serves as the HR and talent agency for the federal government's roughly two million civilian employees. He worked with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz at Loudcloud and Opsware, which sold to Hewlett-Packard in 2007.
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Zero to One
“I found one of my all-time favorite quotes when I was reading the book Zero to One. The quote says, the single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places.”