It depends. If you're a bootstrapped business, and your goal is to have the company provide a living income for the owners and staff, it can be fine. If you'r

It depends. If you're a bootstrapped business, and your goal is to have the company provide a living income for the owners and staff, it can be fine. If you're VC-funded, linear growth is often considered by the investors to be insufficient to generate the return on their investment that they consider worthwhile continuing to fund.