Startup Linemen: The Constraints of Startup Growth Due to the Weakest Link

When I invest into a company, I not only develop a psychological profile of each member of the founding team, I look at the rest of the employees as well. The people you hire are the ones who transform your startup vision and strategy into execution reality.

No matter how good of a quarterback, wide receiver or running back you have on your startup founding team, without the right employees to launch and scale, you could get into the “Red Zone” (the last 20-yards before the end zone) and never...