Investors will sort of like write the check and then, despite a lot of promises, don't usually do that much; sometimes they do.

No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

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.

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

AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.

You have to be intense. This only comes from the CEO, this only comes from the founders.

You should be giving out a lot of equity to your employees.