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They successfully built their core product and got it to the point where it only had long-tail improvements and maintenance left to do, but even if it didn’t ha

They successfully built their core product and got it to the point where it only had long-tail improvements and maintenance left to do, but even if it didn’t have the complication of being VC funded you can’t really lay off half the company and declare yourself in maintenance mode once you’ve scaled up.

55555 3y ago
> You can’t really lay off half the company and declare yourself in maintenance mode once you’ve scaled up. You actually can.
- AYBABTME 3y ago
  How? Psychologically a company that size can't say that and then just maintain status quo: if it aims for that, it will instead rot and die.
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  - voisin 3y ago
    > if it aims for that, it will instead rot and die Source? Most companies seem to fall striving to reach the next rung on the ladder.
    - AYBABTME 3y ago
      Organizations in aggregate tend to underachieve whatever goal they set out to do. As a leader, "If you run, they walk. If you walk, they stand. If you stand, they sleep.“
      - voisin 3y ago
        That’s quite the statement. Source?
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esafak 3y ago
That's when you are supposed to have started building a new offering, not overgrow your existing one.