As you grow, the productivity I think, goes down with the square of the number of employees if you don't make an effort.

The way to have a company that executes well is you have to execute well yourself.

Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large companies.

Most great companies in tech have been built by personal referrals for the first...at least 100 employees and often many more.

To get the very best people- they have a lot of great options, and so it can easily take a year to recruit someone.

Companies that I've been very involved with, that have had a very bad first hire in the first 3 or so employees never recover from it.

People that are really smart and that can learn new things can almost always find a role in the company as time goes on.