I really believe that the single hardest thing in business is building a company that does repeatable innovation... and just has this ongoing culture of excellence as it grows.

... but the pendulum has swung way out of whack here. A bad idea is still bad, and the pivot happy world we're in today feels suboptimal.

If you look at successful pivots, they almost always are a pivot into something that the founder wanted. Not a random made up idea.

You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week.

You want an idea that turns into a monopoly. But you can't get a monopoly, in a big market right away; too much competition for that.

At YC we have this public phrase, and it's relentlessly resourceful.

No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.