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The Small Team Secret
That scares the hell out of big companies
I'm watching something fascinating unfold right now.
Two companies in the same market. Same target customer. Similar products.
Company A: 47-person team. Office space. HR department. The works.
Company B: 6 people. All remote. No office. Lean as hell.
Last quarter?
Company B outperformed Company A by 3x.
How?
Company B is a small team of A-players leveraged with AI.
Company A is a bloated team of B and C players doing things "the way they've always been done."
Here's the truth nobody wants to admit:
Most companies hire to solve a problem. They keep hiring to solve more problems. Before they know it, they've got 50 people and 47 of them are managing the other 3.
But a small team of A-players with the right tools?
They move like a Navy SEAL team. Fast. Precise. Deadly effective.
Every person brings their A-game because there's nowhere to hide, no meetings about meetings, no bureaucracy, and no dead weight.
And here's the kicker…
Greatness begets greatness. It's infectious.
When you're surrounded by people who execute at a high level, you raise your game. You don't want to be the weak link, so you push harder, think smarter, and deliver better.
But most companies don't build teams this way.
They settle and hire warm bodies to fill seats. They tolerate mediocrity because "it's hard to find good people."
That's a lie they tell themselves.
Great people attract great people, because A-players want to work with other A-players.
B and C players? They're comfortable with other B and C players. No one's pushing them to be better.
The math is brutal:
6 A-players leveraged with AI is equal to 25-30 B-players worth of output.
The best part it is done without the overhead, drama, and bloat.
The future is a small, elite team that moves fast and hits hard.
Are you building a team of A-players, or are you collecting warm bodies?
Because one of those strategies scales. The other one just gets expensive and frustrating.
Nate Kennedy


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