Losing focus is another way that founders get off track.

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

If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to everyone.

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

For most software startups, this translates to keep growing. For hardware startups, it translates to don't let your ship date slip.

Most great companies in tech have been built by personal referrals for the first...at least 100 employees and often many more.

One thing that founders forget is that after they hire employees, they have to retain them.