You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is.

The way to have a company that executes well is you have to execute well yourself.

... if you talk to say any of the first 40 or 50 employees, they all feel like they were a part of the founding of the company.

Most great companies in tech have been built by personal referrals for the first...at least 100 employees and often many more.

The idea should come first, the startup should come second.

If you don't love and believe in what you're building, you're likely to give up at some point along the way.

In the early days of a startup, people's compensation is whatever you negotiate with a founder and it's all over the place.