One of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm.

It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful.

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

It's become popular in recent years to say that the idea doesn't matter.

If someone is choosing between joining McKinsey or your startup it's very unlikely they're going to work out at the startup.

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

A winning team feels good and keeps winning. A team that hasn't won in a while gets demotivated and keeps losing.