Three things founder should expect when assembling a team.

There are essential things that founder usually missed to expect when assembling a new team. Especially in early stage of product development. I wrapped up the things into 3 Gets below:

Get to know

Just because you already have the flocks, doesn’t necessarily mean they are ready to work. Teamwork takes time. New friend, new stories. Fellow developers and designers will start sharing their stories about previous works. Give them the time to get the sense of how to work with others, especially new people. Some companies have their own onboarding or inauguration process to speed up this barrier.

Get the idea

Getting the team to get and understand the product idea is not easy. A founder might have had experiences on the domain he/she trying to solve. But the team weren’t. So, it’s important to give all team members specific real life examples what are the problems and how the product will solve them. One thing worth to try is to send the team to experience the problem itself. Remember, Always start with problem first.

Get the team members start in the same time

It’s essential to get all team members start in the same time. Usually, founder hired designer first, developer will follow. We think designer could start first, then when new developer come abroad (or otherwise) he just will start coding. No. Every team members should sit down together and discuss as early as possible. Product insights will grow in balance and strong because all people are in the same table from the first time. Adding (more) people from different background will add new perspectives to the product. You’ll be throwing a lot of early works, if new member coming in late.