As the company grows and about this 25 or so employee size, your main job shifts from building a great product to building a great company.

1 of the hardest parts about being a founder, is that there are a 100 important things competing for your attention each day.

The cost of getting an early hire wrong is really high.

You need conviction in your own beliefs, and the willingness to ignore others naysaying.

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

Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.