Jay Marcyes

Some nice thoughts:

You can't do it alone; be open to collaboration, other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, and it will change your life. No one is here today because they did it on their own, you are all here today because someone gave you strength, helped you, held you in the palm of their hand. They helped you get here and that should make you feel less alone and less scared. It's much more fun to succeed with other people because you can blame them when things go wrong.

And some other random tidbits:

The answer to a lot of your questions is often in someone else's face.

Limit your "always" and your "nevers"

Even though you are smart, you are still allowed to say, I don't know.

When you feel scared, hold someone's hand and look into their eyes, and when you feel brave, do the same thing

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi. #quote

This is the overall theme of the post:

There is an oft-repeated meme with startups around how it is staffed with commandos, infantry, or police. Commandos are the founders -- they go in guns blazing and destroy everything they see. But there aren't enough commandos, and when the front is breached, they make way for the infantry. They actually score the victory, building up upon the success of the commandos. Most mid-stage startups are waging battle at this level. And then... the police come in. They're bumbling, but the market is already owned, so they can eat donuts and get fat.

And this is another quote I really liked:

Their job is to do lots of damage with surprise and teamwork, establishing a beachhead before the enemy is even aware that they exist. Ideally, they do this by building the prototype of a product that is so creative, so exactly correct for its purpose that by its very existence it leads to the destruction of other products. They make creativity a destructive act.