Here's a good rule of thumb: don't worry about a competitor at all, until they're actually beating you with a real shipped product.

It's easy to move fast or be obsessed with quality, but the trick is you have to do both at a startup.

Momentum and growth are the lifeblood of startups. This is probably in the top three secrets of executing well.

Study the unusually successful people you know, and you will find them imbued with enthusiasm for their work which is contagious. Not only are they themselves excited about what they are doing, but they also get you excited

The thirteenth search engine- and without all the features of a web portal, most people thought that was pointless.

You're either not hiring at all or it's probably your single biggest block of time.

For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.