There are exceptions of course, but most companies start with a great idea - not a pivot.

Here's a good rule of thumb: don't worry about a competitor at all, until they're actually beating you with a real shipped product.

You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup 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.

Most good founders that I know at any given time have a set of small overarching goals for the company that everybody in the company knows.

Most great companies in tech have been built by personal referrals for the first...at least 100 employees and often many more.

1 of the hardest parts about being a founder, is that there are a 100 important things competing for your attention each day.