You should have a 1-on-1 roughly every 2 weeks.

Don't accept the excuse of complexity. A lot of people will tell you, this is too challenging, this is too complicated, yeah well I know other people simplify but that's not for me, this is a complicated business. They're wrong. You can change the world in 140 characters.

I walk into a company office and I can tell often whether I'm gonna invest, as soon as I walk in.

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds

It's actually a good thing if you do reference checks on somebody and half the people you call say they are a micromanager and the other half say they actually give me a lot of responsibility. That's a feature not a bug.

The next thing you do is allocate resources.

The job of an editor is to ensure a consistent voice.