The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine.

I care much more about the growth rate of the market than it's current size and I also care if there's any reason it's going to top out.

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.

You have to save the vision speeches for when the company is winning. When you're not winning, you just have to get momentum back.

Because it's one of these sort of connections between nodes- every pair of people adds communication overhead.

Growth and momentum are what a startup lives on and you always have to focus on maintaining these.

Keep salaries low and equity high. Keep the organization as flat as you can.