The best soulwinners are those who go when it is convenient and then go when it is not convenient.
You also want people who are maniacally determined and that is slightly different than having a risk tolerant attitude.
No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.
I prefer to invest in a company that's going after a small but rapidly growing market than a big but slow growing one.
What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.
Obsess about the quality of the product.
If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.
Strength is one of those things you're supposed to have. You don't feel that you have it at the time you're going through it.
FlashForward was a really fun show to make. Not to mention, I only worked like, one day a week, and it paid the same as Happy Endings. I got to make out with beautiful women on that show as well.
I had no style when I was 17! I look at teenagers now and say, 'I wish I'd looked like them when I was that age. ' I had no style whatsoever, but style also wasn't as prominent as it is today. I was just very laid back, usually wearing jeans and tank tops and flip flops.
To be friends is a beautiful thing, Tessa, and I do not scorn it, but I have hoped for a long time now that we might be more than friends.