Entrepreneur and investor — former Y Combinator partner, founder of Pioneer (a global talent contest), and co-author (with Tyler Cowen) of Talent.
Pioneer as global talent discovery: Gross built Pioneer as a mechanism to find and fund exceptional individuals globally who lack access to traditional venture/institutional networks. The platform offers cash prizes and mentorship in weekly tournament format. Co-authorship of Talent (with Cowen) represents a systematic attempt to articulate what interviewers should actually look for in identifying exceptional people — combining Cowen's economics lens with Gross's operator experience.
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