Every thing at a startup gets modeled after the founders. Whatever the founders do becomes the culture.

Or a way to stay on strangers couches, that just sounds terrible all around.

The thirteenth search engine- and without all the features of a web portal, most people thought that was pointless.

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

... the thing we see wrong with YC apps most frequently, is that people have not thought about the market first and what people want first.

I really believe that the single hardest thing in business is building a company that does repeatable innovation... and just has this ongoing culture of excellence as it grows.

Whatever the founder cares about, whatever the founders think are the key goals, that's going to be what the whole company focusses on.