Maybe it is a sunk cost fallacy? I.e. not aiming for some stupid amount of growth is the same thing as telling the VCs you have failed and wasted their money.

Maybe it is a sunk cost fallacy? I.e. not aiming for some stupid amount of growth is the same thing as telling the VCs you have failed and wasted their money. So going for some unhealthy revenue target is the path of least resistance, since the failure still is in the future.