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.

In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.

... how much time you should be spending on hiring? The answer is 0 or 25 percent.

Every first time founder waits too long, everyone hopes that an employee will turn around. But the right answer is to fire fast.

The best source by far for hiring is people that you already know and people that other employees in the company already know.

We talk to a team they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will be successful.

Most investors are obsessed with the market size today and they don't think about how the market is going to evolve.