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Don't be the first employee when you're being hired by one person and they've already built most of the product. You'll be treated as a "do this, do that" mule.
by geuis 14y ago
Don't be the first employee when you're being hired by one person and they've already built most of the product. You'll be treated as a "do this, do that" mule. Where you should be treated as not a cofounder, but at least an important partner, this does not often happen.
- diego 14y agoThat depends on the founder. In the 90s I was the first employee of a startup. The founder (now a prominent investor) treated me like an important partner. Fifteen years later we're still friends and do business together. When you say "this does not often happen?" how many instances do you know?
- geuis 14y agoSeveral personal experiences. Its not a universal happening, of course. I'm glad you had a much better experience.
- sgrove 14y agoIs there ever a point where a single person has "built most of the product"? At that stage, the product has so much evolution left, that early employees are going to be critical to shaping and developing it. It's almost certainly a matter of viewpoint and attitude of both the founder(s) and early employees though, so discretion is required.