The Startup Players Handbook: A Roadmap to Building SaaS and Software Companies

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C. Edge et al.The Startup Players Handbookhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9315-7_7

7. Humans

Charles Edge¹  , Chip Pearson² and Amy Larson Pearson²

(1)

Minneapolis, MN, USA

(2)

St. Paul, MN, USA

 

Our adventuring party starts small, and it’s easy to understand the role of each member of the party. A great role-playing game considers the motivations and backstory of everyone in the party. A company is no different. We want those employees to be able to bring their whole backstory and look for the interpersonal issues that can arise.

When the first employee or three are hired, it probably seems easy to manage them. Let’s go make money and do this thing! That’s ...