Every company has a rocky beginning.

You want an idea that turns into a monopoly. But you can't get a monopoly, in a big market right away; too much competition for that.

One thing that founders forget is that after they hire employees, they have to retain them.

You should be able to describe any employee as an animal at what they do.

These all sounded really bad, but they turned out to be good. If they had sounded really good, there would have been too many people working on them.

In the beginning of a company, there is no management and this actually works really well.

Really dig into projects people have worked on and call references; that is another thing that first time founders like to skip.