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This is such bs. Why do you have to grow so fast? Wtf. Stop taking loans and having to sell your soul to get out.
by waynesonfire 4y ago
This is such bs. Why do you have to grow so fast? Wtf. Stop taking loans and having to sell your soul to get out.
- mikercampbell 4y agoThe best way to do X is to do it as hard as possible until it becomes Y overnight. Haha I joke, but seriously. I was cramming my way to the finish line of my startup idea when I realized I didn't need to. HN showed me that side-gigs can be as big or small as you want or need them to be, customers be willing.
- rossdavidh 4y agoWell you don't _have_ to grow fast. But a slow-growing or not-growing company also has a very different feel. Fast-growing companies have lots of room for growth for everyone who works there, because there are new positions and new responsibilities opening up all the time. Slow-growing companies have less of that, so somebody else has to leave or die before you get a chance to move up. Sometimes, this is still better than the problems of fast growth, but it is a tradeoff. Also, if you took VC money to start the company in the first place, then you may require fast growth in order to offer some prospect of a return to the people who invested with you. Similarly, if you maxed out your credit cards and took loans from family to get going, you need/want to grow fast to pay that back. Not every small company is in that situation, but many of them are.