Most startups are not nearly focussed enough. They work hard...maybe, but they don't work hard on the right things.

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.

Most things are not as risky as they seem.

... 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.

What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.

So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.

If it takes more than a sentence to explain what you are doing, it's almost always a sign that what you are doing is too complicated.