A veteran entrepreneur who built multiple ventures worth hundreds of millions recently opened up about the principles that actually work. Rather than generic advice, he breaks down 5 concrete tactics every founder should apply: understanding your market deeply, building a resilient team, managing cash flow obsessively, staying adaptable when things shift, and learning to say no to distractions. Whether you're bootstrapping a startup or scaling a Web3 project, these fundamentals hit different when you've actually lived through market cycles and survived the ups and downs.