Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.

There's at least a hundred times more people with great ideas than people that are willing to put in the effort to execute them well.

You want an idea about what you can say. I know it sounds like a bad idea but here's specifically why its actually a great one. You want to sound crazy but you want to ask to be right.

Aim to be the best in the world at whatever you do professionally. Even if you miss, you'll probably end up in a pretty good place.

The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up.

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.

As you grow, it feels hopelessly corporate but it really is worth putting in place these compensation bands.