I read this and thought we collectively should remember to respect non-technical people at startups. Sometimes we forget. There's people behind the scenes that

I read this and thought we collectively should remember to respect non-technical people at startups. Sometimes we forget. There's people behind the scenes that help drives things forward. One of the first startups I joined, I remember the engineers would routinely stay late and get shit down. The COO would made sure food was ordered (dietary needs were meet), cleaned up and made sure the gears stayed oiled. This significantly helped moral.