Our goal is to create a large independent company, and are quite far from the bootstrap startup you describe. What you are describing is http://www.slideshare.net/sblank/why-fighter-pilots-run-star... and what I'm after is http://www.slideshare.net/sblank/why-fighter-pilots-run-star...

Both models are valid, and both models require different approaches. Steve Blank will be talking about this soon at Wealthfront and you should feel free to join.

As for the self-serving recruiting post... we're not recruiting anyone this year!