Does Your Startup Feel Chaotic? Good.

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Kate here. No one goes into a startup thinking that there won’t be some amount of chaos—myself included. Today we’re thrilled to publish a new piece about startup chaos by Jean Hsu, whose post about ask vs. guess culture hit number one on Hacker News. Jean is a vice president of engineering with whom I had the opportunity to work at Medium, where she was an early engineer. She’s been writing about startups for a decade and founded a coaching and leadership development company for engineering leaders. In this piece, she distinguishes between the good startup chaos—what she calls necessary chaos—and the bad—or unnecessary—and offers advice on how to reduce the latter. Startups are inherently chaotic. There are a lot of unknowns, and teams need to navigate uncertainty as startups grow. New data might require you to re-order your roadmap, or you may fail several times as you experiment to find product-market fit. Sometimes, you’ll need to pivot your product to respond to a change in the ma

Skip to content We use analytics and advertising tools by default. You can update this anytime. Privacy Preferences Do Not Sell or Share Privacy Preferences x Manage optional tracking categories. Necessary cookies stay on so the site can function. Analytics Advertising and sharing Cancel Save Preferences Does Your Startup Feel Chaotic? Good. Via Lucas Crespo By Jean Hsu Does Your Startup Feel Chaotic? G ood. As long as you're cultivating the right kind of chaos Jean Hsu Nov 13, 2023 · 7 min read Updated Jul 22, 2026 Listen Link copied 28 Like this post 1 Sponsored By: Steed This essay is broug

Does Your Startup Feel Chaotic? Good.

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