Every company has a rocky beginning.

You want to sound crazy, but you want to actually be right.

Most of the best hires that I've made in my entire life have never done that thing before.

... if you talk to say any of the first 40 or 50 employees, they all feel like they were a part of the founding of the company.

In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.

In general though, if you look at the track record of pivots, they don't become big companies.

You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.