That&#x27;s not what the article says:<p>&quot;Jessica and I decided one night to start it, and the next day we recruited my friends Robert Morris and Trevor Blackwell.&quot;<p>At least in the article, it&#x27;s pretty clear that they decided to start the company <i>together</i>, and then brought on a couple other friends.  (I&#x27;ve read elsewhere that the actual story was more like Jessica was looking for jobs at VC firms, the VCs were dragging their feet, and so PG was like &quot;Fuck it.  We&#x27;ll start our own.&quot;)<p>&quot;Brought her on to handle marketing at YC&quot; is something you&#x27;re injecting into the text, it&#x27;s not anything that they wrote.