We've seen a lot of data at YC now, and the most successful companies and the ones where the investors do the best... end up giving a lot of stock out to employees- year after year after year.

Because it's one of these sort of connections between nodes- every pair of people adds communication overhead.

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

Some day everyone will find out everyone else's comp, if it's all over the place, it will be a complete meltdown disaster

A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you.

It's easy to move fast or be obsessed with quality, but the trick is you have to do both at a startup.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.