Every thing at a startup gets modeled after the founders. Whatever the founders do becomes the culture.

Employees will only add more value over time.

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

At YC we have this public phrase, and it's relentlessly resourceful.

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.

You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.

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