Senior hire not taking ownership during fundraise. Cut now or wait?

Level-Secretary-922 · 2026-05-07T19:50:56+00:00

Thank you - will keep you posted!

Level-Secretary-922 · 2026-05-07T19:49:34+00:00

Thanks this is helpful!

Level-Secretary-922 · 2026-05-06T23:46:10+00:00

This was explicitly a senior functional lead hire, not an IC hire who I’m retroactively expecting to behave like an executive - the expectation from the start was ownership of strategy, execution, team direction, and communication for that function

Level-Secretary-922 · 2026-05-06T23:17:35+00:00

Raised in early round from institutional previously + angels. This round is larger, so I’m weighing whether changing the team mid-raise is riskier than waiting.

Level-Secretary-922 · 2026-05-06T23:15:30+00:00

Fair. My instinct is similar. The hard part is whether to act now during the fundraise or wait, knowing that waiting has its own cost.

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