I myself used to believe ideas didn't matter that much, but I'm very sure that's wrong now.

You want an idea about what you can say. I know it sounds like a bad idea but here's specifically why its actually a great one. You want to sound crazy but you want to ask to be right.

You also really want to take the time to think about how the market is going to evolve.You need a market that's going to be big in 10 years.

One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

You should think about for the next 10 years, you're going to be giving out 3-5% of the company every year.

Facebook has this famous poster that says move fast and break things. But at the same time they manage to be obsessed with quality.