If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.

It's really easy to get PR with no results & it actually feels like you're really actually cool, but in a year you'll still have nothing.

... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams.

... 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.

Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea.

Companies that I've been very involved with, that have had a very bad first hire in the first 3 or so employees never recover from it.

Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important.