Most companies do not break at the point of decision. They break after it. Where clarity weakens, ownership blurs, and the founder becomes the interpreter of their own company.

Most founders do not need a Chief of Staff first. They need the layer a Chief of Staff would otherwise spend six months inventing. What changes when that layer exists, and the question worth asking before you hire.

Most founders hire a Chief of Staff to solve an overwhelming problem. The hire lands. The problem stays. What's actually broken, what fifty days a year really costs, and the question worth asking before you hire.

As tech companies scale past 50 people, informal founder-led communication stops working. What breaks between 50 and 150 employees, why misalignment becomes structural, and what actually works to prevent decision drift.