The bad part about working at a startup

We’re coming upon our big launch here at Secfi and we’ve officially entered the tough part of the workload aka the shit no one wants to do. I’m talking about the administrative, compliance, legal, etc. that is very necessary to run a business but creates a gigantic backlog in your to-do checklist and takes up way too much time to complete.

This is the unfortunate part of a startup that people seem to rarely talk about. Back at PwC, we used to have teams all over the world to handle things for us. And if there wasn’t a team for it, you always have junior staff or interns to pick up the slack. You don’t get that luxury at a startup. For better or worse, you’re responsible for every aspect of the business.

It’s a mountain of work to get through at times and it’s definitely not fun, but neither is getting your product shut down for not being compliant. It’s one of the downsides of working at a startup, but something that you’ll need to quickly embrace if you plan to work at one for awhile.