... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.

Study the unusually successful people you know, and you will find them imbued with enthusiasm for their work which is contagious. Not only are they themselves excited about what they are doing, but they also get you excited

... fire fast when it's not working. It's better for the company, it's also better for the employee.

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.

The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing.

You want to continue to be run by great products, not process for it's own sake.

If you compromise in the first five, ten hires it might kill the company.