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.

Experience matters for some roles and not others.

Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. It's easy to get sucked into an infrastructure rewrite death spiral.

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

If you don't love and believe in what you're building, you're likely to give up at some point along the way.

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

You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.