> I agree financial debt can kill a company. I'm not familiar with what management debt is. > But I don't know of any companies that were killed by technical d

> I agree financial debt can kill a company. I'm not familiar with what management debt is. > But I don't know of any companies that were killed by technical debt. I would imagine the failures of those companies are attributed to other causes. Is it hard to imagine a company with a low bus factor being in an unrecoverable state if a key person leaves? The time it takes to get a new person up to speed could cause the business to cede ground to a competitor, just as a for instance.