As any veteran of a start-up will tell you, the strains of building a company can be enough to undermine even the strongest partnerships.

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To be a successful start-up you have to be uncompromising about the quality of people you attract and recruit.

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You can put all of your eggs into the proverbial basket and focus solely on your start-up or you can continue to work a side job and devote all of your spare time with what you love.

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That is the multibillion-dollar question facing Nest Labs, a well-funded start up founded by some of the engineers and programmers who brought you the iPod.

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You should be noticing an overarching theme: Working for a start-up will require you to adjust your conception of the workday.

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Every VC you meet will tell you the importance of management in the success of a start-up.

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But your lack of interest in these questions might also mean that you are not cut out for the job of being a start-up CEO.

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In effect, a slower start followed by a faster build-up later can get you to the same eventual benefit in terms of reduced emissions, but far more cheaply.

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"We said this was the start of our World Cup build-up and the players will know about the errors they made, but you have to start somewhere, " he said.

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This power-packed 2 minutes in the kitchen will easily kill 80-100 calories right at the start of your day, AND rev up your metabolism to burn more calories as you move through it.

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