There's at least a hundred times more people with great ideas than people that are willing to put in the effort to execute them well.

Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.

You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.

You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.

If you ever take your foot off the gas pedal, things will spiral out of control, snowball downwards.

Every company has a rocky beginning.