Or a way to stay on strangers couches, that just sounds terrible all around.

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

Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important.

The thirteenth search engine- and without all the features of a web portal, most people thought that was pointless.

A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup.

A winning team feels good and keeps winning. A team that hasn't won in a while gets demotivated and keeps losing.

The tenth social network, and limited only to college students with no money, also terrible. Myspace had won.