> but I get extremely wary when a relatively small company gets a shitload of money that they'll then be forced to grow into a way that means they'll lose focus

> but I get extremely wary when a relatively small company gets a shitload of money that they'll then be forced to grow into a way that means they'll lose focus on their core product. Irrationally so. That's my point. There isn't a strong indicator that correlates to a company being a craigslist vs a company being a Postman. The median is somewhere in between and its not as dire as you pose it to be.