The first five employees that a company tend to do three four, five jobs each. Every person you hire should be better than 50 % of those in similar roles. You really need developers and product managers early. What don't you need? H r, lawyers. P r, that stuff comes later, and you can outsource that stuff. And when i was the first time founder, i had c caro mortesco eliot cook, a lot of people around me who knew much more than i did about running companies.