@JayaGup10 Great take. I think the runaway spend and corresponding lack of results (which you frame brilliantly as too much intelligence) is their own doing.
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@GergelyOrosz Iโve seen this work well mostly for new grads and early career folks. Quite hard to get senior engineers to interview, let alone spend a week away from their day job
They can absolutely be founding team members. Just be honest about the trade-off.
Give them equity, pay them well, but don't expect them to stick around during the boring months when there's nothing sexy to post about.
Hot take: The "founding creator" trend is a trap most startups are walking into blindly.
Every startup now ships cinematic launch videos because when software takes weeks to build, distribution buys you some moat.
But we're confusing skills with DNA. ๐งต
Your "founding creator" will quit the moment they hit 100K followers.
They're building THEIR brand, not yours.
The content that goes viral about your startup? It's actually about them.
Huge founder time-wasters
โ Conferences (unless youโre speaking)
โ constant networking
โ Meeting VCs when youโre not raising
โ Entertaining M&A talks when youโre not selling
Youโre paid to grow your company, not to network with people who are paid to talk.
@ritwikpavan itโs kinda nice to have your parents staff join - yes, theyโre not your friends or perhaps donโt care too much - but they helped your parents build a good life and give you one!
or at least thatโs how I rationalized it