It's better to have a few users love your product than for a lot of users to sort of like it.
You can't be focussed without really great communication
Investors will sort of like write the check and then, despite a lot of promises, don't usually do that much; sometimes they do.
The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine.
If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.
Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. It's easy to get sucked into an infrastructure rewrite death spiral.