The Startup Equation

This is what I call the startup equation for staffing.  If time is "T" and work is "W", then:

 

At no point in time at any of the startups I worked at did we have enough people to do all the work we needed to be doing.  At first I complained, then I understood and now I accept it.  If you are at a startup and feel you need more people, understand that it is no one's fault and there is nothing to be done about it: it is just the way the math works.