Every first time founder waits too long, everyone hopes that an employee will turn around. But the right answer is to fire fast.

You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.

You want to sound crazy, but you want to actually be right.

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

For most software startups, this translates to keep growing. For hardware startups, it translates to don't let your ship date slip.

Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important.

It's really easy to get PR with no results & it actually feels like you're really actually cool, but in a year you'll still have nothing.