Never settle. There is no reason to rush.

If you have managers reporting to managers in a startup, you will fail. Once you get beyond startup, if you have managers reporting to managers, you will create politics.

Ideas are easy. I've never met a single person who didn't think they had a world class idea. The hard part is making it a business.

Having the ability to be brutally honest with yourself is the greatest challenge you face when creating a business model. Too often we oversell ourselves on the quality of the idea, service, or product. We don't provide an honest assessment of how we fit in the market, why customers will buy from us, and at what price.

Those back-to-back experiences confirmed what I already knew: That I was a shitty-ass employee and I'd better start my own business.

In business, to be a success, you only have to be right once.

When you first start working for me, directly for me, I micromanage until I trust you.