2. 36
Find a great co-founder
Share the same values
Compliment skills
Check and balances
3. 37
1st Stage: Hire Designer and
Community Manager, instead
This could also be You
Gauge Market Interest
Ideas Validation
Quick Prototypes
4. 38
2nd Stage: Hire Great
Developers, Testers
This could also be You
Knows Scalability
Supportability
Security Quality Code
5. 39
Hire for Culture Fit & Passionate
Set min-bar for Intelligent
Gauge Market Interest
Interview Process:
Make the candidate as if
Ideas Validation
an employee for a day
6. 40
Hire temp, consultants to keep
burn rate low
Gauge Market Interest
Channel Partners
Product Videos
Marketing materials
7. 41
A very short daily meeting is much
better than a long weekly meeting
Human needs
constant reminder
of progress, accomplishment
and togetherness