If you ever take your foot off the gas pedal, things will spiral out of control, snowball downwards.

The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment.

Why now, why is this the perfect time for this particular idea, and to start this particular company?

You also want to fire people who a) create office politics, and b) who are persistently negative.

I think the best thing you can do is be aware that as a first time founder you are likely to be a very bad manager.

You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.

You can have a startup and one other thing, you can have a family, but you probably can't have many other things.