> whereas startups building new products often get by with relatively few people 90% of startups fail within 5 years so probably not the best example of how to

> whereas startups building new products often get by with relatively few people 90% of startups fail within 5 years so probably not the best example of how to run things. The few that do "succeed" often carry over mountains of cruft and garbage code into perpetuity (for example Reddit).