Hiring Advice

Much of Silicon Valley is the reshuffling of uninspired, unremarkable individuals with one Great Brand on their resume, being recycled through tens of other Aspiring Great Brands. Do not outsource your talent evaluation to Brand identification, otherwise your company will suck.

The biggest difference in how I’m hiring the second time around: Indexing heavily on people who really, really want to work at a high growth startup If a candidate is deciding between us and a comfortable job at a big tech company, it’s already not a fit

If you're the CEO of a fast-growing startup, the mistake you'll make in the next year that you'll regret most will probably be a hiring mistake. Possibly hiring someone established, which you'll feel you should do now you're getting big, and which VCs will strongly encourage.