Once your product is working, switch from not caring about this to caring about this a little bit.

You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week.

We talk to a team they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will be successful.

I really believe that the single hardest thing in business is building a company that does repeatable innovation... and just has this ongoing culture of excellence as it grows.

A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you.

So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.

If you can just learn to think about the market first, you will have a big leg up on most people starting startups.