He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
When lack of structure fails, it fails all at once. What works totally fine from 0-20 employees, is disastrous at 30.
No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.
I prefer to invest in a company that's going after a small but rapidly growing market than a big but slow growing one.
What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.
Obsess about the quality of the product.
If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.
When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative.
My final word, before I'm done, Is "Cancer can be rather fun"- Provided one confronts the tumour with a sufficient sense of humour. I know that cancer often kills, But so do cars and sleeping pills; And it can hurt till one sweats, So can bad teeth and unpaid debts. A spot of laughter, I am sure, Often accelerates one's cure; So let us patients do our bit To help the surgeons make us fit.
Thou shalt not horn in on thy husbands racket
I have a journalism degree, but I'd rather be the person who is being written about rather than the person who is writing.