Unpopular but right is what you're going for.

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

... for the top twenty most valuable YC companies, all of them have at least two founders.

So it's worth some real up front time to think through the long term value and the defensibility of the business.

Share results (financial and key metrics) with the company every month.

When it comes to starting startups, in many ways, it's easier to start a hard startup than an easy startup.

You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first.