I feel your "professionalism" may be more applicable to larger, corporate environments. With a small team size accompanying early startups, I personally feel h

I feel your "professionalism" may be more applicable to larger, corporate environments. With a small team size accompanying early startups, I personally feel having the core people click is extremely important. I of course don't know what number hire the poster was to the startup nor do I know how long the startup has been around, so perhaps the startup is past the "honeymoon" period.