> what this often turns out to mean is: hire professional fakers Yep, that is the key problem. "Hire good people..." is good advice. If it is failing for so m

> what this often turns out to mean is: hire professional fakers Yep, that is the key problem. "Hire good people..." is good advice. If it is failing for so many startups, then the quote above is what is really going on -- startups are failing to hire good people. If they had been succeeding, the advice would have worked. What should be getting asked is how to identify what "good" is for a specific founder's vision. It won't be the same "good" as the next person, and definitely not the same "good" as larger corporations with different histories.