[randtrain34]

I got a referral from a friend that was also an early employee at the startup. I joined mostly because the people seemed smart and I thought I'd learn a lot from them and have fun building a cool product.

To be honest, most of it is just luck. My two cents is to just find really smart and hungry people, look for evidence of incredibly fast product velocity and some semblance of product market fit. For first 50, there's a decent number of post series A startups that should have those indicators.