What’s the best structure for my startup?

When asked what structure to use, we like to apply several key principles and ‘rules of thumb’ to get the right answer.
How do companies work?

When we hear the word ‘company’, we all think we know what the person is talking about. We deal with companies every day. Most of us work for a company, and we certainly buy things from them. But companies are actually a strange thing. Let’s start with a bit of a history lesson.