Agree, and by extension would love to see a conversation between PG and Marc Randolph on the topic of startup advice. I can't tell if the two polar opposites or preaching essentially the same thing - both seem to say "take ideas with a grain of salt" but PG seems to exempt the founder, as if the founder and only the founder has some secret power to succeed no matter what - if only they go it alone.

"The startup can build and extend, but the startup never invents anything. That preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a [founder]." -PG Steinbeck /s :D sorry