There are 3 things I look for when I hire people. Are they smart? Do they get things done? Do I want to spend a lot of time around them?

You should be able to describe any employee as an animal at what they do.

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.

Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality.

These all sounded really bad, but they turned out to be good. If they had sounded really good, there would have been too many people working on them.

The second part of how to hire: try not to.

Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.