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.

I believe in fighting with investors to reduce the amount of equity they get and then being as generous as you possibly can with employees.

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

You should be able to describe any employee as an animal at what they do.

... for the top twenty most valuable YC companies, all of them have at least two founders.

You'll get more support on a hard, important, project than a derivative one.

Or a way to stay on strangers couches, that just sounds terrible all around.