The settlers / pioneers thing is one of the oldest tropes in existence.
The truth is there is no formula for generations of employees anymore than there is a formula that makes sure startups are successful, and each type of startup requires different talent at different times and as their markets transition and they transition to meet them.
This is useful for building a framework that facilitates making changes which is beyond important in a startup.
Too often, one sees companies limited by the founding SVP of operations or whatever who was fantastic at 10 people, good at 25, but not scaling well at 100, but they are so locked in you can’t change things. Being able to change things as you discover customer and scaling needs is the real secret: and staying laser focused on serving that customer demand whatever “generations” are required of it no matter what arbitrary management theory you apply.
After all the main reasons companies fail is product market fit failure or a failure to adapt to a changing and maturing market, not whether they cycled through three generations of people or whatever on the way to get there.
The truth is there is no formula for generations of employees anymore than there is a formula that makes sure startups are successful, and each type of startup requires different talent at different times and as their markets transition and they transition to meet them.
This is useful for building a framework that facilitates making changes which is beyond important in a startup.
Too often, one sees companies limited by the founding SVP of operations or whatever who was fantastic at 10 people, good at 25, but not scaling well at 100, but they are so locked in you can’t change things. Being able to change things as you discover customer and scaling needs is the real secret: and staying laser focused on serving that customer demand whatever “generations” are required of it no matter what arbitrary management theory you apply.
After all the main reasons companies fail is product market fit failure or a failure to adapt to a changing and maturing market, not whether they cycled through three generations of people or whatever on the way to get there.