The construct of a dashboard, first of all should be drafted by the founder..

I'd actually argue forging a company is far more harder than forging a product.

The office environment that people work in everyday dictates the culture that you are going to be in..

Force yourself to simplify every initiative, every product, every marketing, everything you do..

Transparency people talk a lot about, it's a goal everybody ascribes to but when push comes to shove, very few people actually adhere to it..

Build a company that idiots could run because eventually they will..

There are three things you need to do as a CEO-founder. Think strategically, drive design, and drive technology. Some people who are really good at o….

At first when you start a company, everything's gonna feel like a mess and it really should. It should feel like everyday there's a new problem, and ….

The more you simplify, the better people will perform. People can not understand and keep track of a long complicated set of initiatives. So you have….

Building a company is basically taking all the irrational people you know... Putting them in one building and then living with them 12 hrs a day at l….

If people start going to a desk, some one individual employees desk and they don't report to them... it's a sign that they believe that person can he….

Basically this is what you want - a high performance machine that idiots can run..

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds.

The office environment that people live in and work in, dictates your culture and how people make decisions..

I walk into a company office and I can tell often whether I'm gonna invest, as soon as I walk in..

Every good startup is a cult. And it's really hard to create a cult if you are sharing space with people. Because a cult means you think you are bett….

The team you build is the company you build..

You generally know when someone asks you to do something- am I more writing, or am I more editing? The editor is the best metaphor for your job..

The agenda should be crafted by the employee who reports to the manager not the manager..

Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and you won't do well at first..

The key to culture is it's a framework for making decisions. And if it's baked into your culture, people learn how to make decisions across that cult….