I'll grudgingly second this. at a certain point, you simply run out of options. you have fixed cash flow, bills to pay, people (service providers) wanting more,

I'll grudgingly second this. at a certain point, you simply run out of options. you have fixed cash flow, bills to pay, people (service providers) wanting more, and growth is genuinely hard. The thing that disgusts me about it, is we're not more clear about these sorts of things in terms of manager/employee relations.