Humans tend to take things personally. It can help a little to work hard at not sounding blamey and not making it personal from your end. Don't use "you" lang

Humans tend to take things personally. It can help a little to work hard at not sounding blamey and not making it personal from your end. Don't use "you" language. Instead, talk about the work. I loved something you said and here it is with a little editing as a suggested place to start: Because this is a startup, we don't have the luxury of doing things long tail.