"Be careful with hires and team
...
If you aren't sure and don't like the person after a week, fire them. There's enough people that you WOULD like after a week"
I moved hundreds of miles for my last two jobs. If I were fired a week into a new job in a new city by a boss who "wasn't sure and didn't like me after a week", I would be devastated.
I would rather get 100 job rejections than have to go through one experience like the last bullet on slide 16.
Your first 5 employees are like 5 bullets in your gun. Each hire needs to make an impact.
if employees are like bullets, firing them would be key to having them make an impact.
[Yes, I know what the author meant, but the gun/bullets analogy is distracting while providing firing advice. I did still like the overall presentation.]
My main point was that after a week you'll probably either get along with an employee or not get along with them. In my experience, if you don't get along with someone, it usually does not get better over time.
Have you ever been fired after a week?
I know this is a black-and-white type of argument, and in real life things are obviously more complicated.
I don't agree so much with the implication of "VC meetings aren't job interviews, they're relationships." Jobs are relationships, too. In fact, your employees are often sacrificing more than your investors to be with you. For your investors, it's just money, and they have enough or they wouldn't be risking it in investments. For your employees, it's their livelihood, health insurance (in the US), families, and 8+ hours out of every day--time which is key when in your life, time is really all you ultimately have.
In other words, don't be so non chalant about employees. They're people too.