You need someone that behaves like James Bond more than you need someone that is an expert in some particular domain.

You also want to fire people who a) create office politics, and b) who are persistently negative.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

It's become popular in recent years to say that the idea doesn't matter.

Firing people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.

A board member of mine used to say sales fix everything in a startup, and that is really true.

... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams.