As a CEO or founder, here’s a critical question: what is your technology team spending most of their time on? Are they building new features, responding to customer feedback, and creating the product that drives revenue? Or are they stuck managing servers, patching operating systems, and worrying about infrastructure scaling?

This article details the seven most common initial architecture mistakes in Google Cloud that create this exact uncertainty. By understanding them, you can shift the conversation from reactive cost reporting to proactive architectural efficiency.