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People & HiringThe habits that made you a successful early founder become liabilities past 30 employees. This guide maps the 5 founder habits that create organizational debt, the thresholds where each breaks, and the specific exercises to rewire them before the company breaks you.
Founder/OpsWhat Paul Graham's 'founder mode' concept means for SaaS companies at different ARR stages — when founder-mode leadership creates competitive advantage, when it becomes organizational liability, and what the switch to manager mode actually requires.
Founder/OpsA data-driven framework for determining when a SaaS startup needs a COO — the specific signals, wrong reasons to hire, alternative structures, and the COO profile that matches each ARR stage.