Customers Can Tell You How

Let's Say A Startup Is Hot. It Ships Something Great, And It Achieves Success. Thus, It's Able To Attract The Best, Brightest, And Most Talented. These People Have Been Told They're The Best Since Childhood. Indeed, Being Hired By The Hot Company Is "proof" That They Are The A And A+ Players; In Fact, The Company Is So Hot That It Can Out-recruit Google And Microsoft.

Don't Worry, Be Crappy. Revolutionary Means You Ship And Then Test... Lots Of Things Made The First Mac In 1984 A Piece Of Crap - But It Was A Revolutionary Piece Of Crap.

Create Something, Sell It, Make It Better, Sell It Some More And Then Create Something That Obsoletes What You Used To Make.

Pursuing Your Passions Makes You More Interesting, And Interesting People Are Enchanting.

Great Teams Are Usually Small-under Fifty In Total Head Count. (there Are Few Examples Of A Team Made Up Of Hundreds Of People Who Created Anything Revolutionary.) Big Teams Aren't Conducive To Revolutionary Products Because Such Products Require A High Degree Of Single-mindedness, Unity, And Unreasonable Passion.