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Maybe by avoiding fast scaling, which implies avoiding VC money.

• WJW 3y ago
  From experience I can say that these problems can occur just as well in bootstrapped companies when they reach a certain size. It's a problem with the number of employees regardless of how fast the company gets there IMO.
• Aurornis 3y ago
  The first startup I worked for was a slow-growth company that had slowly expanded over 7 years to only about 50 people. A dinosaur in startup terms. It still had the same problems as above. Expanding slowly doesn’t automatically protect you from these things.
  • brabel 3y ago
    Are you being sarcastic? To grow to 50 people in 7 years is probably only for the top 5% successful startups.
• re-thc 3y ago
  > Maybe by avoiding fast scaling, which implies avoiding VC money. There are still things you can do, e.g. don't pick the offers in a round with the most $$$ - instead pick the 1 that will help you the most. Set the right expectations. Most of the time it's not the VC money that's the problem but the founders being consumed by suddenly being "rich".