I think the best thing you can do is be aware that as a first time founder you are likely to be a very bad manager.

So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.

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.

It's better to have no cofounder than to have a bad cofounder, but it's still bad to be a solo founder.

The way to have a company that executes well is you have to execute well yourself.

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.

I think as a rough estimate, you should aim to give about 10% of the company to the first 10 employees.