Being a company founder is one of the most diverse roles I have come to play in my life. This is simple because, being the founder requires you to make sure that everything goes on smoothly for the rest of the team and make sure the products get built and things do happen and make sure that the company complies with all legal obligations and attend to all the banking and funding and make sure the office and the toilets are clean and make sure the company culture is inculcated on to the team and…. you get the gist, the list goes on.
And since we are in the middle of an office move, I have to play some more additional roles such as a mover, cleaner, etc as well. The most time consuming part of it all is getting things set up prior to the office. Things like getting the place painted, wired, Internet connections setup, arranging movers, arranging security, are all falling on my shoulders. Since we have to move office with minimal disruptions to the normal workflow with minimum loss of productivity, I do not want to enlist the help of the team members. Apart from all these things to be done, there are a daily list of development/management tasks that fall on my shoulders which I am required to deliver at the end of the business day, in time for the start of the US business day!
Not that I am complaining, I am loving every moment of it. But nevertheless it is still hectic. I do get the support from my family. My wife and my father in law have been helpful beyond their limits. But still there are things that I have to do as I do not want to tax them too much amidst their busy schedules.
Where we stand now, it doesn’t make much sense to hire an admin person to take care of these tasks. We are going to hire some more people in to the company once we move. Hopefully one of them would be a person to run errands for the office. I am hoping to find a person who can wear many hats like janitor, helper, runner, cleaner. But until I find hire that person, I ‘m going to have to wear all those hats.
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