There are a few elements to building a successful company. Keith Rabois of Founders Fund (helped build PayPal, LinkedIn, Square, et al.) states: "At a startup, you can be tricked into thinking you’re building a technology company, so you focus a lot on the product. But ultimately, you’re really building a team to build the product and then the company. It is the team you build that will dictate the outcome. This belief should lead you to focus more on the quality of the people than anything else.