If people start going to a desk, some one individual employees desk and they don't report to them... it's a sign that they believe that person can help them. So if you see that consistently, those are your barrels. Just promote them, give them more opportunity as fast as you can.

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

So that's your job too, to clarify and simplify for everybody on your team. The more you simplify the better people will perform.

Most people, most great people even are ammunition. But what you need in your company are barrels. You can only shoot through the number of unique barrels you have, so that's how the velocity of your company improves... is by adding barrels, and then you stock them with ammunition and then you can do a lot.

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

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

Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.