We should stop prescribing how a startup should be run and what an entrepreneur should and shouldn't do. The whole point of a successful startup is to beat a new path through the forest, go where others have not gone before, and create a market where there wasn't one. I get tired of startup gurus because they sit in Berkeley lecture halls and talk like they know exactly how it's supposed to be. You take a closer look and the dude has built one startup and sold it for $30M, only pocketing $5M for himself, now he's a guru.

Most people are not cut out for startup entrepreneurship, myself included. some founders have turned founder path into a safe job. That's fine but these people will never be Elon Musk - more like Drew Houston: commoditized founder CEO in a steady Mon-Fri job, not inventing anything.

Template thinking is bad for founders and angel investors alike. It causes us to pass on some amazing founders because they don't fit a mold or don't sit within certain parameters of education, age, cultural profile or communication style.

Dr Dre is a better founder than any Stanford graduate year 2021.