You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.

A board member of mine used to say sales fix everything in a startup, and that is really true.

It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful.

You need someone that behaves like James Bond more than you need someone that is an expert in some particular domain.

At the beginning, you should only hire when you have a desperate need to.

The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment.

If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.