The Boon and Bane of a Small Team At @FilamentFinance, it’s just the three of us: @PratyakshInani, @rajeebkrmalik and me. Boon > Low friction: You can iterate fast with zero overhead. > Clarity: Everyone develops a deep understanding of the product - you fill gaps on the fly, and expectation mismatch is rare. > No micromanagement: Incentives, ownership, and consequences are obvious. No stick-and-carrot games. Bane > Bottlenecks: Every person is mission-critical. I injured myself over the weekend, and key product flows immediately paused. > Hiring pressure: You don’t hire employees, you’re practically hiring co-founders. Initiative >> resume. > Burnout risk: It’s hard to measure performance by hours. When there’s no slack, even a pause breaks momentum. Still, operating with bare bones has taught me that constraints breed creativity. You learn faster, adapt faster, and grow into roles you didn’t expect. AI has transformed what micro-teams can achieve. My conviction in building large-scale products with small, focused team has never been stronger.