According to what I read, all "Company X has been profitable since day 1 and have grown 100% per year for the past decade" are actually what the press made of i

According to what I read, all "Company X has been profitable since day 1 and have grown 100% per year for the past decade" are actually what the press made of it, and behind the scenes took years of hard work with lots of setbacks and near death experiences.