If you look at successful pivots, they almost always are a pivot into something that the founder wanted. Not a random made up idea.

Losing focus is another way that founders get off track.

If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.

Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.

There's at least a hundred times more people with great ideas than people that are willing to put in the effort to execute them well.

The best founders work on things that seem small but they move really quickly. They get things done really quickly.

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.