There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

The right thing to do is to thank them for their work, let people know that they're moving on, and ... you don't really have to explain all their personal details. It's more important to leave them with their dignity... and let them go on to live another day. Remember, what you say at that meeting, that's their reputation.

If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?

Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.

The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.

One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.

Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that's so important that it supersedes everyone's personal ambition.