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Many entrepreneurs fall into a trap: They are so captivated by their own vision that when an employee comes up with an idea, especially one that doesn’t seem to fit the original vision, they are tempted to quash it.

For entrepreneurs, finished is an F-word. They know that great companies are always evolving.

Everyone is the entrepreneurial community agrees that assembling a talented team is as important as it gets.

…importantly, entrepreneurs do not try to avoid errors or surprises.

Entrepreneurs start out doing what they love. Not because it makes sense, or because it’s a great market, but because they cannot imagine themselves doing (or eating) anything else.

…entrepreneurs… dig into problems, untangle conflict, free people from the mind-sets or structures that hold them back, craft the pillars and policies of how the company functions.

…real transparency is talking about the uncomfortable parts of entrepreneurship and startups.

For many founders. this clear line of separation between aspiring entrepreneur and successful entrepreneur is a fixed, psychological obsession.

Most entrepreneurs are just covering their monthly nut (or worse) and accumulating massive debt.