Startups are hard!

One of the hardest parts is managing your team.

How much guidance do you give? Do you do it yourself? When to track others to-dos?

Starting out, I wish I had a cheat sheet for management.

So I wrote one.

23 Hard Won Lessons In Startup Management 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

1/ Feedback is a gift.

Don't just give it frequently but seek it all the time, in multiple different ways.

Create a culture where feedback is viewed as a gift and given frequently.

2/ Almost without fail, if at any point you think in your head, "this person is not good, we should let them go," then you are probably right.

Try to do it as soon as possible but compassionately.

3/ Leading and managing people well is NOT an innate talent.

Get a coach and a mentor and learn as much as you can.

You will improve continually over time.

4/ Bring on an "HR" person earlier than you think you should.

Let's face it - most folks want to complain/vent to someone.

Without an HR person, you are that person.

As a founder, you take this complaining too personally and too seriously.