I've heard some version of this from almost every founder I've worked with between 10 and 50 people. It's usually said with a bit of pride, like process is something you graduate into once you're "big enough." Here's the uncomfortable truth: you already have HR. You just don't have anyone doing it on purpose. Every startup has comp decisions, performance conversations, terminations, and someone quietly absorbing a colleague's bad behaviour because nobody wants to be "that per