Thanks, Sam. This is is a nice list. I would only add, don't listen to advice. For example, "make something people want" is fine, since most startups fail be

Thanks, Sam. This is is a nice list. I would only add, don't listen to advice. For example, "make something people want" is fine, since most startups fail because no one wanted what they made. But it's also all too similar to a music industry exec asking for artists to "make what people want to hear." That's a great strategy to get more Top 40 hits but there's a risk of turning a whole generation of musicians into Michael Bubles producing well-received, cheaply-conceived pop music. I think I would say, "Be conceited enough to have a vision and, if money interests you, be humble enough to potentially throw some of it out to meet the market half-way."