[Ukudala]

This is a really well phrased response, kudos to David.

My 2cents: Certainly have your hands involved in the product, prioritize the hell out of it; give credit to the fact that in order for this to succeed you will need to not be the CTO, unless that's the route you want to go, at which you should spend some of those 300-1000 hours finding a good business co-founder.