What I will say may seem a bit counterintuitive: Early stage projects tend to not benefit from more people. It is often best to start a project with a very small number of highly experienced engineers (maybe 3 at most) and then add more people to the team as the project scales and you are in need of more functionality. Therefore, I don't believe (based on limited information) that staffing is the issue.
Starting new projects is hard. Especially hard if you haven't built from scratch before. It is very different from maintaining existing projects.
I believe the best approach would be to consult with an experienced colleague, friend or even a consultant on what you are doing/planning and how to best execute the MVP of your scope so you can get your project running. Once it's off the ground it's much easier to negotiate for more time since you start unblocking other stakeholders.
If you send me an email with more details on your project (assuming they should not be posted publicly here) I can try to suggest something more specific. My email is on by HN bio.
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What I will say may seem a bit counterintuitive: Early stage projects tend to not benefit from more people. It is often best to start a project with a very small number of highly experienced engineers (maybe 3 at most) and then add more people to the team as the project scales and you are in need of more functionality. Therefore, I don't believe (based on limited information) that staffing is the issue.
Starting new projects is hard. Especially hard if you haven't built from scratch before. It is very different from maintaining existing projects.
I believe the best approach would be to consult with an experienced colleague, friend or even a consultant on what you are doing/planning and how to best execute the MVP of your scope so you can get your project running. Once it's off the ground it's much easier to negotiate for more time since you start unblocking other stakeholders.
If you send me an email with more details on your project (assuming they should not be posted publicly here) I can try to suggest something more specific. My email is on by HN bio.