Point of view
Why team safety beats team speed in the first 50 hires
Most founders optimize for velocity because it is legible — shipping, hiring, closing. But the teams that last optimize for something quieter first: whether people will say the hard thing in the room.
When team safety is high, bad news travels fast and decisions get sharper. When it is low, the org routes around problems until they are expensive. The first 50 hires set that baseline for years.
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