Press releases are easier to write than code, and that is still easier than making a great product.

People that are really smart and that can learn new things can almost always find a role in the company as time goes on.

A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup.

The role of the board is advice and consent. If the CEO does not lay out a clear strategy and tries to get the board to set one, it will usually end in disaster.

Facebook has this famous poster that says move fast and break things. But at the same time they manage to be obsessed with quality.

The best people know that they should join a rocketship.

The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine.