Barrels are very difficult to find. But when you have them, give them lots of equity. Promote them, take them to dinner every week, because they are virtually irreplaceable because they are also very culturally specific. So a barrel at one company may not be a barrel at another company. One of the ways, the definition of a barrel is, they can take an idea from conception and take it all the way to shipping and bring people with them.

The construct of a dashboard, first of all should be drafted by the founder.

You really need to spend a lot of your time focussing people.

You kinda want to look for the anomalies. You don't actually want to look for the expected behaviour.

You need to simplify the value proposition in the company's metrics for success on a whiteboard.

The people that work with you should generally come up with their own initiatives.

I think you must have your own office. I don't believe ever in shared office spaces.