Most founders have not managed people before, and they certainly haven't managed managers.

In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.

I think as a rough estimate, you should aim to give about 10% of the company to the first 10 employees.

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

You want an idea about what you can say. I know it sounds like a bad idea but here's specifically why its actually a great one. You want to sound crazy but you want to ask to be right.

You want an idea that turns into a monopoly. But you can't get a monopoly, in a big market right away; too much competition for that.

If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.