Advice that sounds okay on the surface but might cost you your company: 1. “Raise as much as you can, hire quickly, and worry about profitability later” My advice: raise little, stay lean, fund with profits. If you do raise, be thoughtful and choose the right partners.

The difference between an average and exceptional hire isn't 2x, it's 100x. We've deliberately designed our organization to maximize impact per person.

1 great hire = 10 or 100 mediocre ones. $50M with 30 people means each Gamma employee generates ~$1.7M. We've been: -Profitable for 15+ consecutive months -Revenue growing MoM -Lifetime negative net burn (we have more money in the bank than we've raised)

To do this: -Instead of creating specialist silos, we hire versatile generalists who can solve problems across domains. -Traditional companies separate "thinkers" from "doers." Rather than hiring pure managers, we find player-coaches who both lead and execute. Why this matters

When our growth PM needs better analytics, he doesn't file a ticket with a data team. He builds a self-serve system that anyone can use. High-agency generalists don't wait for permission. There are no single points of failure because everyone can do everything.

When our head of marketing needs insights into customers, she doesn't just rely on panels or surveys. She feeds thousands of interactions into an LLM to create personas that guide our strategy. Our 'thinkers' are also 'doers'.

2. You often hear "Hire good people and give them room to do their jobs” But there is a difference between the way a founder and manager run a company. Managers are often very skilled at managing up rather than down. They delegate blindly, and aren't tied to the company vision.

At Gamma, a pricing change can be finalized in 1 meeting directly with me or cofounders. Centralized decision-making ensures founders don't accidentally delegate their vision away.

When one person owns decisions, you get speed AND quality. When you have multiple owners who don't understand the company vision, you get neither. Jensen runs NVIDIA with 60 direct reports (most CEOs have 7). No middle management. Engineers present directly to him.

You can't run 3000 people like 30. Delegation is inevitable. But founder-mode isn't about size. It's about staying connected to what matters i.e- company vision being at the core of everything you do. It's more complicated than operating in manager-mode, but it works.

The founders proving it, all of whom are deeply involved in their companies, know this: Jobs, Musk, Zuckerberg, Chesky. Jobs ran annual retreats for the 100 most important people at Apple, not the 100 highest on the org chart. He knew that impact doesn't follow hierarchy.

Yes, our team of 30 could fit in a small restaurant. But we serve 50 million users profitably while most AI startups burn millions serving thousands. The future belongs to tiny teams of extraordinary people.

@thisisgrantlee I wish more founders thought like this 💯

@thisisgrantlee @grok what is one sector that is ready to be disrupted accouding to points raised in this thread? carry out complete market research including competitor analysis, market size, trends, user research, validation, monetization, scalability. what are the 3 killer features? what pain

@thisisgrantlee Congratulations. It's true that investment advice is illogical. Belief in your abilities is logical because you will try, trust, and progress, and you will succeed.

@thisisgrantlee True AI is not bolting a copilot on PowerPoint - that's a square peg in a round hole. True AI is Gamma. (Just my 2 cents).

@thisisgrantlee LOVE your product. I know (or hope!) I'm not the only founder who falls into this trap, but once again, in getting ready for an accelerator pitch, I finished dumping my brain into a stream of text the day before the PPT/Google Slides presentation.

@thisisgrantlee @thisisgrantlee very impressive. Whats your monthly cash burn looking like? Employees, marketing, etc. Anything you can share?

@thisisgrantlee How did you fund the initial development?

@thisisgrantlee Exceptional the way you guys are running the company

@thisisgrantlee Great post! What does the composition of your 30-member team look like? Curious how you guys have thought about this and which functions you're growing.

@thisisgrantlee Gamma his dope, just tried it yesterday and made a great presentation for a client in less dans 20 min, generate the text with GPT, generate the presentation with Gamma 10 mins, then 10 mins of polish and done. It would have take me at least 2 hour with Canva

@thisisgrantlee yeah i'm sure your 'expert' vcs would know exactly what's best for a startup that actually grows instead of just throwing money around

@thisisgrantlee “Grandma crossed $50M ARR” You had me rethink my entire existence for a second

@thisisgrantlee Congrats! When I discovered Gamma late last year, I was blown away — it was one of those rare wow moments.

@thisisgrantlee love this "anti-advice" stuff, I think often the "don't listen to this" advice is 100x more helpful than "do this" advice On the subject of finding great folks, what's been your most effective approach to this in hindsight?

@thisisgrantlee Those VCs said “Raise as much as you can, hire quickly, and worry about profitability later” are actaully saying correct thing with a big twitst for their own short term benefit rather then companies overall long term benefit.

@thisisgrantlee My all time favourite product. Use it on a daily basis, have given stellar presos and gained a lot of praise. My secret recipe, Gamma. Simple, intuitive and easy to use with high customisation. You guys are brilliant, keep at it!

@thisisgrantlee v cool

@thisisgrantlee What a fucking LEGEND. Congrats, you're an inspiration! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@thisisgrantlee VCs seem to care most about valuations over good business. At the end of the day companies can always keep raising more $….until they can’t.

@thisisgrantlee There are so many products like this and everyone is making so much money, how is it even possible

@thisisgrantlee Phenomenal product and team

@thisisgrantlee This is fantastic advice! Congrats on all your success. It’s truly a model to emulate.

@thisisgrantlee Your product is top notch, that helps.

@thisisgrantlee Love the product!