Startup Teams of the Future

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IDEAS
Startup Teams of the Future

Inspired by Greg Isenberg…

The next $1B company will have just 5 employees.

Engineer: Lives in Cursor—pastes ideas, gets instant scaffolding, refactors with prompts, and ships countless features by EOD.

Designer: Transcends Figma—handles copy, brand, user research, and launches prototypes directly. Vibe coding replaces handoffs.

Product Lead: The glue—jumps between metrics, community, support, and big-picture strategy.

Growth Lead: Creates scroll-stopping moments—blends creative and technical to find distribution that works.

Ops: Runs the invisible layer—contracts, support, tools, hiring, finances. No chaos, just speed.

AI is the silent co-founder for everyone—writing, supporting, designing, and summarizing in the background.

No meetings about what to do. Just people doing it.

What took Instagram 13 people will now take 5.

It's already happening.

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INSIGHTS
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Trump pauses “reciprocal” tariffs

In the sequel to the quickest way to tank global stock markets comes the fastest way to pump global stock markets, starring the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump:

In a whipsaw day, the S&P 500 soared +9.5% following the 90-day tariff pause.

April 9th was the wildest swing the S&P 500 had seen since the global financial crisis in 2008.

I hold my position from last week that it’s anybody’s guess where we go to from here.

But while I thought I might know where markets were going when I wrote the newsletter last week (down!), I’ve learnt my lesson.

All bets are off now. Honestly, anything could happen from here.

Despite this, investors who sit tight and ride out the uncertainty will be rewarded in the long term.

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THOUGHTS
Quote I’m Pondering

“Mediocre but consistent growth is usually a sign of being close to product market fit, but not quite there.

Figure out the gaps for real. Close them.

Grow faster.”

— Jason Lemkin, CEO and co-founder of EchoSign (acquired by Adobe)

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— Luca

P.S. What could go wrong…