[senorrib]

The obvious cynicism aside, what you said doesn’t really contradict point #1. All those responsibilities can be taken by any IC in pre-seed/seed startups (except the wrongly stated “most important person on the company”).

[ldjkfkdsjnv]

Sure, but then that IC, if executing correctly should just leave and found their own startup. And true, sales/building the right thing is often #1.

[tptacek]

This is like saying that every successful product manager should go found their own startup, which, come to think of it, fair enough.

[senorrib]

Agreed.