You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.

Clearly as you move to being a public company, probably even more than growth, there is a huge value based on predictability.

Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.

You can manage 50 people through the strength of your personality and lack of sleep. You can touch them all in a week and make sure they're all pointed in the right direction.

You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.

I need to aspire to be a great CEO and not just a great product engineer.

I think failing is the best way to keep you grounded, curious, and humble. Success is dangerous because often you don't understand why you succeeded. You almost always know why you've failed. You have a lot of time to think about it.