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Organizational Structure: What are the strategies to establish my startup's organizational structure?
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Milan Vukas, Entrepreneur - Startup Mentor - Consultant answered:

As an entrepreneur myself, I know how difficult this can be :( But there is hope! :)

Keep in mind:
An organisational structure is never a solid and completed piece of work. Moreover, it remains flexible and adjustable as you grow and add new team members.

To get started, I would suggested the following approach:

(1) Determine whats already in place
Take a closer look at which positions are currently set and which roles will be needed in the next 3/6 months.

(2) Define which kind of organisational structure you wish to have
Hierarchical structure: A tall structure will have many different levels of employees all reporting upwards to team leaders and then up to operational management.

Flat structure: Flat organisational structure has fewer layers of management and wider spans of control. This means operatives can access and communicate with managers more easily and quicker. As a startup, this is what you want to achieve.

(3) Fill the typical top 5 roles, for example: (Depends on the type of startup)

HR/Admin
COO
CTO
Sales Director
Marketing Director
Head of Engineering

I hope this will give a better overview of how to tackle this situation. Please let me know if you have any further follow up questions.

P.s.:
Here are some interesting links:
https://open.bufferapp.com/buffer-open-equity-formula/
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/create-maintain-healthy-organizational-structure-3831.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/15-roles-every-startup-needs-filled-2009-3?IR=T
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c5-111.html

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