# \#capital-efficiency **URL:** https://gorelay.co/tag/capital-efficiency/72.md [Latest](https://gorelay.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://gorelay.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://gorelay.co/tags.md) --- ## [“One of Our First Engineers Had Been Working in Tech for 30 Years” and Other Notes on Deliberately Hiring Senior People Early with Recast’s Co-Founder, Michael Kaminsky](https://gorelay.co/t/one-of-our-first-engineers-had-been-working-in-tech-for-30-years-and-other-notes-on-deliberately-hiring-senior-people-early-with-recast-s-co-founder-michael-kaminsky/968)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/one-of-our-first-engineers-had-been-working-in-tech-for-30-years-and-other-notes-on-deliberately-hiring-senior-people-early-with-recast-s-co-founder-michael-kaminsky/968 "2023-12-12T06:36:33Z")
In the following exchange, Recast’s co-founder and CEO, Michael Kaminsky (@michael\_kaminsky), details why and how they’ve upended an unexamined feature of early-stage hiring, the resulting trade-offs they’ve had to emb… --- ## [Bootstrapping after 8 Years on the VC-Backed Path, Getting to Multi-Million ARR with a Team of 3, and Notes on PLG with Userflow’s Co-Founder, Esben Friis-Jensen](https://gorelay.co/t/bootstrapping-after-8-years-on-the-vc-backed-path-getting-to-multi-million-arr-with-a-team-of-3-and-notes-on-plg-with-userflow-s-co-founder-esben-friis-jensen/966)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/bootstrapping-after-8-years-on-the-vc-backed-path-getting-to-multi-million-arr-with-a-team-of-3-and-notes-on-plg-with-userflow-s-co-founder-esben-friis-jensen/966 "2023-11-22T15:12:44Z")
In the following exchange, Userflow’s co-founder and CEO, Esben Friis-Jensen (@esben-userflow), stresses how scaling a company with institutional capital can often unerringly distance founders from what they cherish mo… --- ## [How the Founder Persona Likely isn’t Your ICP, Why Biz Fundamentals Trump All Silicon Valley “Must-Haves”, and Other Recognitions with Basis’ Founder, Bebe Kim](https://gorelay.co/t/how-the-founder-persona-likely-isn-t-your-icp-why-biz-fundamentals-trump-all-silicon-valley-must-haves-and-other-recognitions-with-basis-founder-bebe-kim/925)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/how-the-founder-persona-likely-isn-t-your-icp-why-biz-fundamentals-trump-all-silicon-valley-must-haves-and-other-recognitions-with-basis-founder-bebe-kim/925 "2023-06-19T18:43:29Z")
In the following exchange, Basis’ founder and CEO, Bebe Kim (@babinator), deconstructs — “easily one of the biggest lessons we learned” — the increasingly predetermined focus on selling to fellow early-stage B2B founde… --- ## [Growing Sustainably, a Realistic Take on the Current Moment in Tech, and Lessons from Grab with Momos’ Co-Founder, Andrew Liu](https://gorelay.co/t/growing-sustainably-a-realistic-take-on-the-current-moment-in-tech-and-lessons-from-grab-with-momos-co-founder-andrew-liu/854)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/growing-sustainably-a-realistic-take-on-the-current-moment-in-tech-and-lessons-from-grab-with-momos-co-founder-andrew-liu/854 "2022-12-12T15:39:19Z")
In the following exchange, Momos’ co-founder and CBO, Andrew Liu (@atliu08), brings to bear a sense of measured optimism on the current tech scenario, drawing from his time in investment banking and leading late stage … --- ## [The Mechanics of Commercializing and Scaling an AI-First, B2B Startup with Thematic’s Co-Founder, Alyona Medelyan](https://gorelay.co/t/the-mechanics-of-commercializing-and-scaling-an-ai-first-b2b-startup-with-thematic-s-co-founder-alyona-medelyan/845)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/the-mechanics-of-commercializing-and-scaling-an-ai-first-b2b-startup-with-thematic-s-co-founder-alyona-medelyan/845 "2022-11-21T05:48:59Z")
In the following exchange, Thematic’s co-founder and CEO, Alyona Medelyan (@zelandiya), recounts the unique challenges of building an AI-first product, while seamlessly paring away at hyped notions and reminding us tha…