What David Singleton thinks about startups
Engineering leader; Stripe's chief technology officer in 2023, earlier 11 years at Google, where he was a VP of Engineering; later co-founded /dev/agents, renamed Dreamer.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what David Singleton has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingA startup should build the smallest possible team, hire diligently and pay above market on equity.
Their wordsComp & offer principles — our underlying thesis: build the smallest possible team, hire incredibly diligently, pay above-market on equity to reflect that.