So it's worth some real up front time to think through the long term value and the defensibility of the business.

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.

No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.

... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams.

One thing I tell startups all the time is that the best way to grow is to make their product better.

Most investors are obsessed with the market size today and they don't think about how the market is going to evolve.

If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.