You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

Just put a little pin in your mind: when you cross 50 employees, there are a new set of HR rules that you have to comply with.

... but the pendulum has swung way out of whack here. A bad idea is still bad, and the pivot happy world we're in today feels suboptimal.

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

What you want to do is innovate on your product and your business model, management structure is not where I would try and innovate.

The idea should come first, the startup should come second.