"In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years."

"Good startups usually take 10 years."

"It's really easy to get PR with no results & it actually feels like you're really actually cool, but in a year you'll still have nothing."

"We've seen a lot of data at YC now, and the most successful companies and the ones where the investors do the best... end up giving a lot of stock out to employees- year after year after year."