You'll get more support on a hard, important, project than a derivative one.

If you look at successful pivots, they almost always are a pivot into something that the founder wanted. Not a random made up idea.

Growth solves (nearly) all problems

The natural state of a start-up is to die; most start-ups require multiple miracles in their early days to escape this fate.

As the company grows and about this 25 or so employee size, your main job shifts from building a great product to building a great company.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

It's better to have no cofounder than to have a bad cofounder, but it's still bad to be a solo founder.