You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.

Just put a little pin in your mind: when you cross 50 employees, there are a new set of HR rules that you have to comply with.

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

Wait to start a startup until you come up with an idea that you feel compelled to explore.

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.

As long as you keep doing the right thing and have the best product, you can beat the bigger company.

In the early days of a startup, people's compensation is whatever you negotiate with a founder and it's all over the place.