You have to find a small market in which you can get a monopoly and then quickly expand.
If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.
Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important.
If you want something in a deal, just ask for it.
Growth and momentum are what a startup lives on and you always have to focus on maintaining these.
You want an idea about what you can say. I know it sounds like a bad idea but here's specifically why its actually a great one. You want to sound crazy but you want to ask to be right.