YC h2start a start up| lecture 2

How to hire and excute
http://startupclass.samaltman.com

1: use your instict, what you want, what you're using.

2: Co-founders:

• the No.1 broken reason
  my fault
• good co-founders>solo found>bad co-founders
• 2 or 3 worked the best, 5 would be bad.
• pre-negotiation on Equity split
• what the founders do is the culture

3: Hire People

• Are they smart?
• Do they get things done?
• Do I want to spent a lot of time around them?
• Animal description: you need be able to describe your people as one animal.
• M.Z's comments: he would hire people that a: he would spent time to social with them; b: he would be comfortable reporting to.
• after hire the best, keep them around: make employees feel happy and valued
• reputation goes to team, while you take the responsibility.
• 1n1 with employees matters.

4: Fire fast

• creating the office politics
  agree

5: CEO 5 jobs: what the founders do makes the culture

• vision
• money
• Evangelize
• hire and manage
• make the company except

Can you get things done?

• focus:

  • where you spend your money and time
  • what's are the most important 2 or 3 things.
  • say no a lot
  • set overarching goals, reapeat them
  • communicate

• Intensity

  
  
  

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• everytime you talk them them ,they get new things done.

• they show up a lot

• Momentum: keep growing, or die

  • setting an operation rhythm:
    • shipping product
    • launching new product
    • reviewing/reporting metrict, milestone

• don't spend more money than you have.