No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.

AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.

In the early stage of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done.

By the way, that's my number one piece of advice if you're going to join a startup: pick a rocket ship.

M&A negotiations feel really fun. This is one of the biggest killers of companies, is they entertain acquisition conversations.

Share results (financial and key metrics) with the company every month.