As our company grew, so did the roles needed to keep it on the path. Initially it was just the CEO and CTO(me). Then came the CMO. That took us to 6 months and

As our company grew, so did the roles needed to keep it on the path. Initially it was just the CEO and CTO(me). Then came the CMO. That took us to 6 months and some solid revenue. Then we needed help with raising funds, so our first financier became our CFO. Then we needed help with growing a sales team so a Director of Sales came to being. And a year from that, after hitting 10MM Rev/Yr we need a COO to manage all the customer service issues.