I have run several scale-ups from Sub 10M ARR to +50M ARR. Here is my playbook. Set Bold Priorities: Establish weekly OKRs that drive us toward growth and innovation. This keeps us laser-focused on what matters most. Unleash the Power of Your Team: When we empower people, they thrive. They move faster, innovate harder, and stay more engaged. Stay Aligned and Adapt: Communication is our lifeline. Weekly check-ins keep us synced, especially in the face of rapid change. Inspire Big Vision: Remind the team why we’re here—to build something transformative. Keep pointing everyone toward our North Star, even when times get tough. Celebrate Every Win: Success is built brick by brick. This keeps morale high and the energy unstoppable

Clarify responsibilities to avoid overlap and hold regular strategy sessions to track progress, address challenges, and adjust course if needed

During periods of rapid growth, it's crucial to stay aligned with co-founders. Here's what works: • Set a North Star Metric that aligns with your outcome to keep everyone focused on the same goal. • Prioritize impact over activity to ensure efforts are directed toward the most meaningful outcomes to ensure long-term success. • Define roles and responsibilities to avoid confusion and ensure accountability. • Schedule regular check-ins to track progress and make adjustments as needed. • Celebrate key wins to reinforce momentum and boost morale. Keeping communication clear and priorities aligned drives success through change.

Rapid growth can be thrilling but also overwhelming if you’re not careful. We’ve learned a few key strategies to stay focused: 1. Clear Priorities: Setting clear goals helps us cut through the noise. 2. Empowerment: Trusting our team to make decisions speeds things up and keeps everyone engaged. 3. Open Communication: Transparent conversations help us stay aligned and avoid confusion during fast changes. 4. Adaptability: We encourage continuous learning to help everyone stay flexible. 5. Celebrate Wins: Taking time to celebrate small wins keeps morale high and energy strong.

We grew 202% in 2020, for an 8 figure saas that is off the charts. Here is what we did: Asynchronous Updates: We are primarily async. When we do sync calls we use @fellow to keep us focused. This resulted in clear, timely information when it suits us best. 🌍⏰ Unified Communication Platforms: Slack, google apps, jira all help with this. It's important in hypergrowth to understand that the platform is the manager. 📄 Goal Alignment with OKRs: We set and share rocks quarterly. This keeps us all rowing in the same direction. 🚣♂️ Document Everything Culture: Comprehensive documentation means anyone can jump in without waiting for a reply. Flexible Work Hours: We don't care when you work, just that you get work done. 🦉🐦

Along with regular check-ins, it's crucial to create a space where all team members feel free to share their ideas. While the overall direction may remain fixed, the approaches to get there should be open to discussion. Being receptive to different ideas can uncover innovative paths and improve the journey.

Navigating rapid growth as co-founders requires more than vision; it demands patience when the market isn’t ready. Naval Ravikant’s founder-product-market fit highlights that sometimes a visionary product doesn’t immediately align with market demand. Henry Ford famously said if he’d listened to customers, they would have asked for faster horses, not cars. Founders often face the challenge of waiting for the market to catch up. Sustainable growth, like a 500-year-old Sequoia, is far better than unchecked growth, which can be destructive. Founders must address bottlenecks, such as limited resources, customer education, and adoption barriers while allowing time for demand to grow. Visionary products need time to create demand—and that’s okay.

Encourage short time targets like 1 day targets, weekly targets. Encourage a desk clearing approach where each ember has to complete own task and push work to the next desk.