... and you can only have 2 or 3 things everyday, because everything else will just come at you; you know fires in a day.

... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.

For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.

You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.

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

Someday, you need to build a business that's difficult to replicate. This is an important part of a good idea.

You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.