The role of the board is advice and consent. If the CEO does not lay out a clear strategy and tries to get the board to set one, it will usually end in disaster.

Mediocre founders spend a lot of time talking about grand plans, but they never quite make a decision.

A small communication breakdown is enough for everyone to be working on slightly different things. And then you loose focus.

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

The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up.

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

If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to everyone.