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

Obsess about the quality of the product.

It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with.

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.

I think the best thing you can do is be aware that as a first time founder you are likely to be a very bad manager.

One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.

You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.