Quality over quantity applies to teams: roughly 5-10% of people deliver 90% of value, yet most companies don't act like those people are systematically more important; this misallocation of attention and resources is a mistake.

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Unidentified Speaker — Ravi Gupta (Sequoia) Opens Up About The Realities of Succes… [gXJAnh-iSTc]

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What company acts like 5% of the people deliver 90% of the value? Mhm. Very few. Very few.

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Ravi Gupta (Sequoia) Opens Up About The Realities of Success | E164The Knowledge Project Podcast
Created: 8/11/2026, 12:54:44 AM

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