Building Tiny Teams That Don’t Burn Out

Your tiny team can function as a bigger team without needing to work 12 hours a day. Here’s how I build tiny teams.

1 - Team has a crystal clear understanding of the one problem you are solving for right now

This is the absolutely most important piece of running a company. At the beginning of each week I send out a memo to the team with the problem we are solving for this week. Everyone should be in sync and only working on what solves that problem.

2 - Everyone understands their role, what they're responsible for and has permission to make decisions without you

Nothing causes more confusion and frustration in a company than when people do not understand what is expected of them and how much decision making power they have.

3 - Anything that is done more than 2x is documented in Notion

This doesn’t need to be a novel, just a quick outline or Loom video of the steps in the process so that you save brain space. You should be aiming to have team members solve new problems rather than remembering how to execute an old one already solved.

4 - Team practices an end of week review of what went well, what didn't go well, and what could be delegated/automated

I delegate a lot. It’s a skill that I needed to learn to scale myself. That same skill is important for my team to master. We use tech extensively to support our team by automating repetitive tasks that don’t need a human to execute them.

Using this framework, our tiny team is able to continually scale itself without burning out.