Reading the title I thought this would be ideas for actual products or services that a start-up could pursue. Rather it is 19 points of advice for startups to follow.
There was an interesting link to a public google doc with a load of interesting startup/product ideas a few days back. I forgot to bookmark it and am having trouble locating it via google. Anyone know the link I'm talking about?
I think this bit of advice makes more sense if you replace "hiring someone" with "finding a cofounder" and "potential hire" with "potential cofounder".
I'm starting to think people post stuff like this just to get to the top of sites like HN. In this list I only see 2 items (Interview by E-mail and meet a potential employee's mate) that aren't common sense.
The rest boils down to Work Hard, Hire great people who get along, use Social Networking and Don't count your chickens before they've hatched. All advice that's been posted here 100,000 times in the past.
Meeting a prospective candidate's mate might be a good idea, but at least in the US, it's illegal (or at least dangerous). To avoid discrimination claims for sexual preference, you can't even ask if the person is married or has a significant other.
