You'll get more support on a hard, important, project than a derivative one.

It's better to have no cofounder than to have a bad cofounder, but it's still bad to be a solo founder.

The second part of how to hire: try not to.

What you want to do is innovate on your product and your business model, management structure is not where I would try and innovate.

For most software startups, this translates to keep growing. For hardware startups, it translates to don't let your ship date slip.

In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.

You should be giving out a lot of equity to your employees.