... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams.
You can have a startup and one other thing, you can have a family, but you probably can't have many other things.
I think as a rough estimate, you should aim to give about 10% of the company to the first 10 employees.
The best people know that they should join a rocketship.
You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years.
Most great companies in tech have been built by personal referrals for the first...at least 100 employees and often many more.