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.

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

For most software startups, this translates to keep growing. For hardware startups, it translates to don't let your ship date slip.

You can win with the best product, the best price, or the best experience.

One of the great and terrible things about starting a start up is that you get no credit for trying.

If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.

If it works out, you're going to be working on this for 10 years.