Jason, nice to hear from you! We've been talking about how to do a virtual version, but we haven't figured out a good way yet with the operational constraints right now. We do publish all the videos of the founder presentations to YouTube and has been productive for helping talent and founders connect:
Well very written! One of the risks at joining at (3) is that the company might actually be at (4). It might take a couple of quarters before even insiders realize that growth is flattening. Even then it might be initially written off as a small blip. In practice I think it's hard to tell if a company is truly at (4) until a couple years after the fact
yup, I agree this can be hard to tell... there are also plenty of cases where things flatten a bit before they start growing even faster. not everything is a perfectly simple s-curve, unfortunately, so there is always a strong judgment component. I've been thinking about a follow-up piece to consider some frameworks for thinking about length of commitment to endeavors and what kinds of milestones one might explicitly discuss when joining a team.
Excellent advice DK. Am currently residing in Cincinnati, OH - a virtual FYSK event for startups hiring remote will be fun.
Jason, nice to hear from you! We've been talking about how to do a virtual version, but we haven't figured out a good way yet with the operational constraints right now. We do publish all the videos of the founder presentations to YouTube and has been productive for helping talent and founders connect:
https://www.youtube.com/@foundersyoushouldknow
Nice! Will keep a lookout for the virtual event and check some YT videos.
Well very written! One of the risks at joining at (3) is that the company might actually be at (4). It might take a couple of quarters before even insiders realize that growth is flattening. Even then it might be initially written off as a small blip. In practice I think it's hard to tell if a company is truly at (4) until a couple years after the fact
yup, I agree this can be hard to tell... there are also plenty of cases where things flatten a bit before they start growing even faster. not everything is a perfectly simple s-curve, unfortunately, so there is always a strong judgment component. I've been thinking about a follow-up piece to consider some frameworks for thinking about length of commitment to endeavors and what kinds of milestones one might explicitly discuss when joining a team.