Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.

Firing people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.

... but the pendulum has swung way out of whack here. A bad idea is still bad, and the pivot happy world we're in today feels suboptimal.

Press releases are easier to write than code, and that is still easier than making a great product.

If someone is choosing between joining McKinsey or your startup it's very unlikely they're going to work out at the startup.

The tenth social network, and limited only to college students with no money, also terrible. Myspace had won.

You need to have a culture where people have very high quality standards in everything the company does, but still move quickly.