If you compromise in the first five, ten hires it might kill the company.

Study the unusually successful people you know, and you will find them imbued with enthusiasm for their work which is contagious. Not only are they themselves excited about what they are doing, but they also get you excited

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

You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first.

If someone is choosing between joining McKinsey or your startup it's very unlikely they're going to work out at the startup.

Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed

What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.