Hey Bryan! Liked what you have done.

Big +1 for #1. A brilliant IC that has an impressive contribution history tells only a small fraction of the story. Skeletons may lay behind that green square matrix!

Also big +1 for #4. It may slow growth for some start-ups, but I think it's always better in the long term if hiring is deep, versus shallow.

As for compensation, those certainly are controversial. I believe in honesty, but your extent of it is quite...towards one end of the spectrum? Certainly interesting.