Steve Blank

If you’re an early employee at a startup, one day you will wake up to find that what you worked on 24/7 for the last year is no longer the most important thing – you’re no longer the most important employee, and process, meetings, paperwork and managers and bosses have shown up. Most painfully, you’ll learn that your role in the company has to change.

I blogged about this earlier here and got the chance to talk about the topic at the Startup Grind conference.

Below is a video of the talk.

1:40: Having The Talk: How I lost my job after helping the company succeed
5:30: You need different skills as your company grows
6:47: A visceral blow: What just happened?
8:02: How I blew an opportunity
9:55: What you’ll feel if this happens to you
15:40: Why there should be no job titles at your startup
18:00: Why founders often come from dysfunctional families — and what that means for them as a company transitions
22:39: If you can see your future, you can change your future