You can't be focussed without really great communication

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

There's at least a hundred times more people with great ideas than people that are willing to put in the effort to execute them well.

M&A negotiations feel really fun. This is one of the biggest killers of companies, is they entertain acquisition conversations.

AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.

Startups are very hard no matter what you do; you may as well go after a big opportunity.