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.

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

If it takes more than a sentence to explain what you are doing, it's almost always a sign that what you are doing is too complicated.

If you ever take your foot off the gas pedal, things will spiral out of control, snowball downwards.

In the early stage of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done.

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.