Flow founder: 7 people at $100M Series A, 25 at $750M Series B
andreisavu · x · 2026-11-11
Flow's founder Parisingh shares his tiny-elite-team philosophy: the company was valued at $100M at Series A with just 7 people, and $750M at Series B with 25. Flow is modeled on Lockheed's Skunk Works — maximum ownership, minimum bureaucracy, where the engineer who understands a problem gets to make the call.
His resulting principles:
- A small team needs a short list of priorities; 5 people on 10 priorities means 10 understaffed projects, and leadership's job is deciding what to stop doing.
- Make goals simple enough that your subconscious works on them in the shower — no slide decks required to understand the mission.
- Leaders should show their work: what they built, tested, or figured out each week.
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