Remember that the idea will expand, and become more ambitious as you go.

The idea should come first, the startup should come second.

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

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.

Because it's one of these sort of connections between nodes- every pair of people adds communication overhead.

In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need.

If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.