Solopreneurs Require Enterprise-Level Onboarding But Churn Quickly From Growth Assistant
Jesse Poogee · How My Company Went From Zero to a $10 Million Run Rate · Oct 16, 2023 · at 10:09
Jesse Pujji explains Growth Assistant's 'anti-ICP', noting that very small teams lack the management capacity to retain offshore talent despite demanding equal onboarding effort.
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“A lot of the stuff that came from Twitter were people who were one to five person companies, You know, solopreneurs, which I don't have anything against solopreneurs, but they would tend to bring someone on. They don't have the time to actually manage them. And then three months later, they would churn. They would take as much effort to get going as a venture backed company that was series A or B had product market fit and just needed resources.”
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