Gavin's point about doing the job yourself first is often underrated too: you can't set a standard you've never held yourself to. What's your view on when founders should start thinking about sellability: from day one, or only once the exit is already in sight?
Gavin's point about doing the job yourself first is often underrated too: you can't set a standard you've never held yourself to. What's your view on when founders should start thinking about sellability: from day one, or only once the exit is already in sight?
That's right, Melanie, you can't manage what you can't understand - whether it's for your own staff, or if you outsource parts of your functions.
I wrote a piece about this too 🔗 https://millennialmasters.net/p/outsourcing-in-house
Doers and incrementalists
The team you build in year one sets the standard for everything that comes after.
And it’s easy to think you can rectify that later, but my own experience proved otherwise.