"Most early-stage startup founders do a bad job of getting the company to focus on just two or three critical priorities—they chase whatever shiny new object ap

"Most early-stage startup founders do a bad job of getting the company to focus on just two or three critical priorities—they chase whatever shiny new object appears that day." This is true of everywhere. Companies like to call themselves agile and flexible, but when it's just the boss changing focus every few days, nothing gets done. This also highlights the importance of saying "No" to a lot of interesting and useful things.