As long as you keep doing the right thing and have the best product, you can beat the bigger company.

Mediocre founders spend a lot of time talking about grand plans, but they never quite make a decision.

... fire fast when it's not working. It's better for the company, it's also better for the employee.

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

At YC we have this public phrase, and it's relentlessly resourceful.

You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first.

You never want to be in a place where an employee has vested 3 out of the 4 years of stock and they start thinking about leaving.