What team structure best enabled rapid execution at your startup?

Eric Glyman

Co-Founder, Co-CEO · Ramp

Small 8‑12‑Person Teams

Eric Glyman says his practice is breaking teams up once they reach 8 to 12 people, because small teams with clear ownership let people make decisions, know what they're optimizing for, and own it.

Steven Bartlett

Founder & CEO · Steven.Com

Failure Experimentation Team

Steven Bartlett points to his "failure experimentation team," whose KPI is getting every department to run more experiments; he rewards trying, he says, because results can't be controlled.

Andrea Baronchelli

Co-Founder & CEO · Aspire

Squads

Andrea Baronchelli says the practice is squads: small multi-functional units that deliver independently and are deployed on new things while separate teams run the existing business, encouraging entrepreneurship and a lean, fast setup.

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Greg Brockman

President, Chairman, & Co-Founder · Openai

Find‑Triage‑Remediate Loop

Greg Brockman says operators should build a loop of finding, triaging, remediating, deploying and validating, and rerun it on every model release.

Peter Rahal

Chief Executive Officer · David

Flat Organization, Many Reports

Peter Rahal points to a flat organization with many direct reports—roughly 25—saying it lets him see a lot and keeps him closer to the problems.

Shannon Byrne Susko

Founder & CEO · Metronomics

Scorecard for Each Seat

Shannon Byrne Susko says having a scorecard for every seat really helped, because it creates clarity of expectations and enables 90-day coaching reviews, which A players want.

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Quinn Slack

CEO and Member of Technical Staff · Amp Code

Trusted, End‑to‑End Ownership

Quinn Slack says trusted, end-to-end ownership by his team is what enables rapid execution, because people with skin in the game and accountability can ship fixes fast, which he says is higher quality than waiting days.

Saahil Goel

MD & CEO · Shiprocket

Delegating to the Right People

Saahil Goel says delegating to the right people is very important, because the right people are the key and it lets everyone focus on what they want to do, which yields experts.

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David Baszucki

Founder and CEO · Roblox

Identify Decision Makers

David Baszucki says the practice is identifying who will make a decision and letting them be free and creative to make it, because for many decisions that beats a group or confused decision.

Neil Patel

Co-Founder · Np Digital

Divide and Conquer

Neil Patel says his team divides and conquers, focusing on what’s most important for the company and individually, because he trusts his team to handle the rest.