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“A board member of mine used to say sales fix everything in a startup, and that is really true.”

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The best people know that they should join a rocketship.

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You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years.

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Employees will only add more value over time.

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One thing I tell startups all the time is that the best way to grow is to make their product better.

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A winning team feels good and keeps winning. A team that hasn't won in a while gets demotivated and keeps losing.

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You're either not hiring at all or it's probably your single biggest block of time.

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The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up.

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Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

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If you want something in a deal, just ask for it.

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Most things are not as risky as they seem.

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I prefer to invest in a company that's going after a small but rapidly growing market than a big but slow growing one.

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Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality.

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I realized that in all the sectors of society where there's a huge gender disparity, the one place that can be fixed overnight is…

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A board member should be perfectly willing to leave at any time and willing to make the tough calls.

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We need strong school board members who know right from wrong. The Bible, being the only true source of right and wrong, should be…

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How a club is run is what matters to me. The fewer board members, the better. If it's 18, I'm just not interested.

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