'Give Away Your Legos' and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups

Molly Graham, 18 min read

This lesson is an article published by First Round Review.

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What you'll get

Molly Graham, who helped scale Google, Facebook and Quip, describes what fast growth feels like from inside: early employees have to hand parts of their jobs to newcomers, and it stings. She explains why that handoff is the point and how to talk about it with your team.

Do this week

Ask each early team member which part of their job they'd hand to a new hire first, and use the answers to plan your next role.