In the early stage of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done.

There are exceptions of course, but most companies start with a great idea - not a pivot.

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

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

AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.

In the early stage of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done.

In general though, if you look at the track record of pivots, they don't become big companies.