After reading this I felt more confident in starting my own business. Going through all of it like before seemed so painstaking for both sides, although I know it is very essential to screen carefully the first few employees in a startup.
great article, elad. i actually prefer working for a longer period of time together, like a week, pay for their time and have a specific goal/project in mind, to get a mutually better sense of what the day to day is like.
I think that most people would be pissed off at having to go through so much to get a high risk position at a startup and not bother. It's best to develop relationships with people BEFORE you kick something off so you can snag a pool of good people without having to do all that.