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Great question. I really struggled with that decision. For me it was really whether to raise a seed round or not. I went back and forth about what kind of busin
by natgordon 5y ago
Great question. I really struggled with that decision. For me it was really whether to raise a seed round or not. I went back and forth about what kind of business I wanted to run.
I finally made the decision to raise the seed round and grow a team because I felt that I would learn the most. I optimized for my own learning and growth.
Are you facing a similar decision? It's a steep and long learning curve to actually lead a team, but now it's the part of my job that I love the most.
- eftychis 5y agoThank you for that perspective and congratulations! If I may ask a similar question: did you feel, once you signed up the first employee, that there was a point early on that staff growth was too slow or too fast? Congratulations again!
- natgordon 5y agoOver the entire 10 years it's always felt like we have been too slow to hire and needed a person in a role 3-6 months earlier. We were a team of 5 when we hired our first full-time customer service agent. Until that hire, we would each take a day of customer support which eventually meant that our iOS engineer was answering user emails for ~6 hours a week.
- eftychis 5y agoThank you! (In my past IC/employee experience I had noticed the same.)