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.

Every thing at a startup gets modeled after the founders. Whatever the founders do becomes the culture.

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

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

One of the keys to focus, and why I said cofounders that aren't friends really struggle, is that you can't be focused without good communication.

You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is.

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