Really dig into projects people have worked on and call references; that is another thing that first time founders like to skip.

You're saying no ninety-seven times out of a hundred, and most founders find they have to make a very conscious effort to do this.

One thing that often disrupts momentum and really shouldn't is competitors.

Unpopular but right is what you're going for.

It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful.

If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to everyone.

You certainly don't need to have everything figured out in the path from here to world domination.