A winning team feels good and keeps winning. A team that hasn't won in a while gets demotivated and keeps losing.

The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up.

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

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

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

Don't let the company get distracted or excited about other things. A common mistake is that companies get excited by their own PR.

You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.