Aim to be the best in the world at whatever you do professionally. Even if you miss, you'll probably end up in a pretty good place.

You also want to fire people who a) create office politics, and b) who are persistently negative.

I myself used to believe ideas didn't matter that much, but I'm very sure that's wrong now.

Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.

The most important thing is that there is clear reporting structure and everyone knows what it is.

Most good founders that I know at any given time have a set of small overarching goals for the company that everybody in the company knows.

What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.