The Family and the Wedding Party — Starting a Startup Team

Paul O'Brien
10 min readMay 7, 2020

You need to think of EVERYONE at this stage as co-founders and owners OR merely consultants (formally contracted with VERY clear terms, requirements, deliverables, and ownership).

Trust me. You do not want to be in a situation where you are committing anything to anyone hired, an agency, or freelance professional — such people either need to be committed to YOU or…

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Paul O'Brien

CEO of MediaTech Ventures, CMO to #VC, #Startup Advisor. I get you funded. Father, marketer, author, #Austin. @seobrien & @AccelerateTexas. https://seobrien.com