These all sounded really bad, but they turned out to be good. If they had sounded really good, there would have been too many people working on them.

M&A negotiations feel really fun. This is one of the biggest killers of companies, is they entertain acquisition conversations.

In the early days of a startup, people's compensation is whatever you negotiate with a founder and it's all over the place.

If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to everyone.

If you look at successful pivots, they almost always are a pivot into something that the founder wanted. Not a random made up idea.

Stay focused and don't try to do too many things at once. Care about execution quality.

Employees will only add more value over time.