> And if I were the one who had to decide at any of those levels, I would want a well-designed plan for the next transition or two Right. This was really my (p

> And if I were the one who had to decide at any of those levels, I would want a well-designed plan for the next transition or two Right. This was really my (poorly-expressed) original point. Deciding how and when to scale is going to be a team and organization effort and decision. If it does come down to one guy deciding on something, then that's going to be the CTO. And if he/she is a good CTO, their decision is based on the feedback of a dozen people under them. Scaling is a progression and no matter how fast your growth is, you do have time to come up with a solid plan and execute that plan. You don't need Facebook scale on day one even if you do become the next Facebook.