You have to save the vision speeches for when the company is winning. When you're not winning, you just have to get momentum back.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

Every thing at a startup gets modeled after the founders. Whatever the founders do becomes the culture.

Aim to be the best in the world at whatever you do professionally. Even if you miss, you'll probably end up in a pretty good place.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.

In general though, if you look at the track record of pivots, they don't become big companies.

One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.