I would add getting people who are globally best in class to work for/with you is the step change between a good founder and an outstanding one.  That is truly difficult to do but it pays incredible dividends.

Ben Horowitz: “To be a good CEO people have to want to work for you”
“What's the fundamental thing that you have to be able to do in order to be CEO? People have to want to work for you. That's it. Because if nobody wants to work for you… you can't actually do anything.”
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