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

It's better to have no cofounder than to have a bad cofounder, but it's still bad to be a solo founder.

So it's worth some real up front time to think through the long term value and the defensibility of the business.

Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed

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

If you can just learn to think about the market first, you will have a big leg up on most people starting startups.

Aim to be the best in the world at whatever you do professionally. Even if you miss, you'll probably end up in a pretty good place.