M&A negotiations feel really fun. This is one of the biggest killers of companies, is they entertain acquisition conversations.

You can win with the best product, the best price, or the best experience.

... but the pendulum has swung way out of whack here. A bad idea is still bad, and the pivot happy world we're in today feels suboptimal.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

The track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.

You want to think about what is the path for my first 10 or 15 employees going to be as the company grows.

You can basically change everything in a startup but the market.