On Not Hiring
This article feels like a call for more calm in the running of a startup.  Perhaps it's just me, but I usually feel a rather frenetic urgency from most articles posted here.  Iterate. Pivot.  Yesterday might be too late. Go big, or go home.  When he says:<p>> We need to build x, y and z, ASAP. Before you've figured out distribution? What evidence do you have that x, y and z, once built, will make customer acquisition any easier?<p>It feels like he's saying, "Whoah, let's not just go off half-cocked."  And when trying to convinces us to spend the our own time on graphic design It feels like he's saying, "Easy, there.  It's OK to take longer on something you're not as good at," which is counter to the conventional wisdom around here.<p>What's interesting, is the advice is still paired with, "Iterate, iterate, iterate."  Feels like the message is less "Hurry" and more "<i>Thoughful</i> iteration."  This was refreshing.