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.

I myself used to believe ideas didn't matter that much, but I'm very sure that's wrong now.

If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.

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

If you can just learn to think about the market first, you will have a big leg up on most people starting startups.

If you want something in a deal, just ask for it.

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