The bit that sticks out in the story is this: Justin and Sebastián left the company with the transition to investment Obviously a ton of context is missing bu

The bit that sticks out in the story is this: Justin and Sebastián left the company with the transition to investment Obviously a ton of context is missing but if you are planning to stake the future of your company on a product that had until now been developed by these two gentlemen why weren't they going to be part of that future? One thing I have grown an appreciation for over the years is the power of very small teams, i.e groups of less than ~4 or so. When you have a very small number of very capable people you can paper over a lot of deficiencies. Overall though a very realistic view into what it's like trying to scale up a startup. If it's any consolation most of them blow up just like this, don't feel bad if this is a pattern you recognise from your past - it's just how it is. The game is hard and failure is expected, scale ups are by far the most vulnerable time in a companies history and yet you need multiple of them to "make it" and each one is completely different from the last.