We pretty much won't fund a company now where the founders don't have vested equity because it's just that hard to do.

Unfortunately the trick to great execution is to say no a lot.

One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.

By the way, that's my number one piece of advice if you're going to join a startup: pick a rocket ship.

When it comes to starting startups, in many ways, it's easier to start a hard startup than an easy startup.

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

... and you can only have 2 or 3 things everyday, because everything else will just come at you; you know fires in a day.