> You assume that they all want to scale. If they've taken outside investment based on a business plan of scaling, then it doesn't matter whether they want to

> You assume that they all want to scale. If they've taken outside investment based on a business plan of scaling, then it doesn't matter whether they want to scale. They either need to do it, or hand it over to someone who will. I love nicely sized companies that are profitable and long term viable without the need to chasing after constant growth, but you only get to do that if the investors agreed to it. That's much easier when the investors are just the founders.