The structure that breaks at $15M
The Team Structure That Scales Issue #323-minute read Running into people and system problems? That’s not unusual. The wrong team structure turns good people into bottlenecks. The $15M Inflection Point Below ~$12M, a flat structure works. You stay close to everything. Decisions move fast. Past ~$15M, that model breaks. I hit this with five direct reports. My calendar was filled with decision meetings. Strategic work moved to nights and weekends. The structure that got us to $14M could not get...
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