How and why we built our startup around small teams

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Welcome to Product for Engineers, a newsletter created by PostHog for engineers and founders who want to build successful startups. Startups ship more per person than big companies – everyone knows this. But how do you retain that advantage as you scale? Our answer is small teams – speedy, innovative, and autonomous one-pizza teams where individuals can still have an outsized impact. They enable us to scale, while retaining the culture and speed of an early-stage startup. This week we're sharing how they work, why we chose this structure, and the tradeoffs we accept to enjoy the benefits of small teams. Right now we're 47 people spread across ten countries working asynchronously and shipping fast. And we’re organized into 15 small teams. Most teams cover individual products, such as data warehouse, replay, pipeline, or product analytics, but we also have small teams covering people and operations, marketing, and growth. When we launch a new product, or a project on an existing team bec

The magic of small engineering teams How to ship fast and scale at the same time James Temperton Jul 03, 2024 105 6 13 Share Welcome to Product for Engineers, a newsletter created by PostHog for engineers and founders who want to build successful startups. Startups ship more per person than big companies – everyone knows this. But how do you retain that advantage as you scale? Our answer is small teams – speedy, innovative, and autonomous one-pizza teams where individuals can still have an outsized impact. They enable us to scale, while retaining the culture and speed of an early-stage startup

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