You have to be intense. This only comes from the CEO, this only comes from the founders.

One of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm.

So you should always stay on top of people's vesting schedules.

You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is.

It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with.

A board member of mine used to say sales fix everything in a startup, and that is really true.

We pretty much won't fund a company now where the founders don't have vested equity because it's just that hard to do.