There’s a funny paradox about joining a tiny company and helping it grow.  If part of its attractiveness is an intimacy and lack of management overhead, success creates its own challenges.

Very small companies can operate on informal communications: all ten employees know what each other are doing.  The entire staff can grab lunch together, and all-hands meetings easily fit into the conference room.  News is shared over the cube wall.  Job descriptions and titles are afterthoughts.  Decisions are made in the aisle. Continue reading →