When things start to get real

We just hired someone for People Operations here in San Francisco. I always said that when we hire a HR person, that’s when things start getting real.

The word startup can mean a lot of things nowadays. People use it to speak about private companies who have hundreds of employees and some use startup to only speak about early stage companies.

Right now Secfi is coming up on two years since our Series A financing round. I have been associated with the company for over two and a half years as employee #8. We’re getting close to being at over 50 people and growing rapidly.

By all means, I still view us a startup. I don’t think I’ll get rid of the startup label until we’re well over 500 people and running a stable business. With that said, things are starting to get real here.

We’re implementing new policies, adding new benefits, hiring new executives… all the things that have to happen before we knock off that startup label.

I’m excited for the new team members and for our new People Operations hire to get going, but I don’t think I’ll ever get used to having HR-sponsored meetings about expense policies here at Secfi.