... but actually it sucks to have a lot of employees, and you should be proud of how few employees you have.
So you should always stay on top of people's vesting schedules.
You should be giving out a lot of equity to your employees.
The idea should come first, the startup should come second.
You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week.
... how much time you should be spending on hiring? The answer is 0 or 25 percent.
The best people know that they should join a rocketship.
Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.