At YC we have this public phrase, and it's relentlessly resourceful.

You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week.

What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.

You want an idea about what you can say. I know it sounds like a bad idea but here's specifically why its actually a great one. You want to sound crazy but you want to ask to be right.

Study the unusually successful people you know, and you will find them imbued with enthusiasm for their work which is contagious. Not only are they themselves excited about what they are doing, but they also get you excited

In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.

You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is.