When things go poorly, all those reasons become reasons to leave. In fact, the only thing that keeps an employee at a company when things go horribly… - Ben Horowitz

Watered-down feedback can be worse than no feedback at all because it’s deceptive and confusing to the recipient.

What would you do if capital were free?” is a dangerous question to ask an entrepreneur. It’s kind of like asking a fat person, “What would you do if ice cream had the exact same nutritional value as broccoli?” The thinking this question leads to can be extremely dangerous.

The act of judging people in advance will retard their development. If you make a judgment that someone is incapable of doing something such as running a larger organization, will it make sense to teach them those skills or even point out the anticipated deficiencies? Probably not. You've already decided they can't do it.