The recipe? It's not easy. It's all easier said than done.

But you already built a two-million-dollar-a-year business. Did you expect this to get easier? :)

It's probably not too hard to find someone who is better than you at server administration, and it may not be too difficult finding someone who is passionate about what you do. Finding someone who fits both categories is what makes it difficult.

There's a lot you can do to start looking. Define the job, all the responsibilities, technical requirements, etc. Post ads or fish around in your network. Ask who knows smart people. Make sure you're clear about what you do and that you're looking for someone with an interest in it.

It is possible to find someone who is the kind of geek who likes to get paid to solve the technical problems and will do a great job without caring about your mission - it's up to you whether or not that's an acceptable hire at this stage. (IMO it's usually not a good idea with the first few employees, but once you have more, it's okay as long as they're still a culture fit in other ways.)

If you find someone who is passionate and hungry but doesn't have all the skills, this is potentially a very good hire. Hire and train them, and eventually they'll get better than you at their area of expertise.

Most technical people won't have the EXACT experience you're looking for, so you have to think about gauging them by their potential to learn - look at past projects, ask questions that test their curiosity and ability to explain things, try explaining a new idea to them and see how quickly they pick it up and run with it.

This is one of my favorite parts of building a startup. I just quit my job to start one and I'm not at the phase of hiring yet (still doing everything myself, nothing to release yet), but I'm REALLY looking forward to it, assuming things go well enough to get there.