Why now, why is this the perfect time for this particular idea, and to start this particular company?
... you want to be proud of how much you can get done with a small numbers of employees.
You can basically change everything in a startup but the market.
You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years.
If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.
We talk to a team they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will be successful.