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

We pretty much won't fund a company now where the founders don't have vested equity because it's just that hard to do.

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

Just put a little pin in your mind: when you cross 50 employees, there are a new set of HR rules that you have to comply with.

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.

If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to everyone.

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