the optimal startup team in 2025 is 5 people.
1 engineer. 1 designer. 1 product lead. 1 growth lead. 1 ops person
that's it.
the engineer starts the day in Cursor. they paste in a product idea, and Cursor instantly generates the scaffolding. they edit inline with AI, refactor entire files with a single prompt, and navigate the repo by chatting with it. debugging feels like pair programming. documentation is auto-generated. by EOD, the idea is live. no waiting, team is stoked.
the designer doesn’t stop at Figma. they write the copy, shape the brand, talk to users, and launch prototypes in V0/Replit. sometimes they skip the handoff entirely. vibe coding is real, and it’s fast.
the product lead jumps between defining success metrics, community building, replying to support tickets, and building the strategy/tactics to build a big company. they are the glue.
growth lead is a mix of creative and technical. they are vibe marketing by hiring agents, setting up analytics, rewriting landing pages, testing distribution ideas, finding creators to work with and coming up with outlandish ideas to get people on social to stop scrolling on social and "look at me".
ops runs the quiet layer under everything. contracts, support, tools, hiring, money. no chaos. just speed.
you don’t feel the size of the team. you feel the surface area.
ai is everywhere, it's the co-founder to everyone on the team but in the background. it writes, supports, designs, scouts, and summarizes. no meetings about what to do. just people doing it.
instagram sold for $1B with 13 people.
the next $1B company will get there with 5.
this is how it plays out now.
not theoretical. not future.
already happening.
@andrew__rea Sorry to hear Andrew - so many great pointers in the thread. Personalized and functional medicine usually have answers where standard medicine fails.
@robinberzinmd (Parlsey Health), or top functional doc. @function@prenuvo to catch major diagnostic.
Wishing your wife well.
@peterpham@businessbarista@emigal@prenuvo@peterpham Though not directly addressing the difference between Prenuvo and Ezra (I recommend the former, and not just bc @andrewlacy is brilliant ;)), I wrote about differences in whole-body MRI scans & the
potential added benefit of a CT scan here:
https://t.co/LOWQKjwVDe
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From pre-seed to Series B I continue to work with founders on frameworks to be #CustomerObsessed (defining personas, clear value prop, WTP surveys, customer itws, etc) and it's the gift that keeps on giving: in good times & bad, it's the key to🚀
France 🇫🇷 just sucks at marketing.
If the US 🇺🇸 had decarbonized its entire energy production in a decade, Ryan Gosling would star in the movie and the whole world would be talking about it and doing the exact same thing (ie. going all in on nuclear ☢️).
Marc Andreessen recently tweeted “In our new era of AI: Every child will have an A.I. tutor that is infinitely patient, infinitely knowledgeable, infinitely helpful.”
That era is here.
Try it yourself 👉 https://t.co/TZprbulgWx
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@chrissyfarr The next wave of innovation/tech is healthcare & climate (and web 3 infrastructure, maybe).
Much harder, and much longer to built, but with dramatically positive impact on society: it motivates the same people.
Great Monday read, nicely done Maud!
#mondaymotivation#Longetivity#NewTech#Health
“Longevity & Functional Health: The Future of Health is Already Here” by Maud Pasturaud @MaudPas
https://t.co/n62xP9LZxh
“Healthcare as you know it is about to see as much change in the next 10 years as there has been in the last 100 years” — Gregory Bailey, CEO Juvanescence
I've written up about the latest developments in the Longevity & Functional Health consumer space:
https://t.co/oz5MK1CdNa
This sexist, lazy and mean spirited article is deeply embarrassing for the New York Times, and sends yet another message to women founders who already feel like they’re building with a target on their backs.
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