Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.

Customers are a great way to finance a business for many reasons. First, customer financing is typically non dilutive. They want something from you other than equity in your business. Customers also help you fit your product to the market. And customers will help debug and improve the quality of the product.

I also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you have to give people a reason to click through. Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading it should be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like. I tell them what I did over the weekend. And I tell them what is happening in the technology, Internet, and VC markets.

I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.

I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy.

There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.

Not only do you have to put yourself in harms way in service of your country, you have to leave your families at home. It is a great sacrifice.