To build or guide startups optimally, one must think and strategize as an investor. Management and operational skills are fundamental, but understanding barriers to entry and unit economics, as well as foreseeing structural shifts in technology, are indispensable to steer the ship in the right direction.

According to Einstein "compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He, who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” This eighth wonder also applies to knowledge. The fact it compounds over time should be the most important takeaway in the article.