The agenda should be crafted by the employee who reports to the manager not the manager.

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

There are three things you need to do as a CEO-founder. Think strategically, drive design, and drive technology. Some people who are really good at one can build a pretty foundational company. Most people who are very successful are good at two. But Jack is the only person in the Valley I've met who's all three. He's a first-rate strategist, a first-rate designer, and a first-rate technologist.

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

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

The team you build is the company you build.

Most people will solve the problems they know how to solve. Roughly speaking they will solve B+ problems instead of A+ problems. A+ problems are high impact problems for your company but they're difficult problems.