Pros
The Hazel team is an aligned one. Aligned with each other in terms of our objectives as a company (i.e. great transparency and communicative leadership) and aligned in our view towards what it generally means to work on a cohesive team (frequent communication and collaboration, respect for heads-down time, relentless willingness to help each other, etc.) This really makes a difference. We have compact and strong teams of brilliant thinkers who bring individual perspectives to the challenges we work on. A portion of my growth has come from experience solving the problems themselves, but a much greater portion has come just from osmosis, simply by being surrounded by smart people. I can truly only speak for myself, but I think this respect is mutual across the team. That's another thing I think we're very aligned on. I think these are some of the main factors that make us such a powerful unit.
Cons
As our teams are still growing, there can sometimes be unavoidable decisions when it comes to how we spend our limited time and resources. But luckily, the systems we have in place encourage these decisions to be made together, so it's more of a temporary limiting factor than it is a "con."
