> Have there been any companies that actually accelerated this fast and made it work? depends on your definition of "work". i'd say the most recent example I c

> Have there been any companies that actually accelerated this fast and made it work? depends on your definition of "work". i'd say the most recent example I can think of is groupon, and they were quite successful up until a certain point. even at this point today, the founders and early investors cashed out big time before the bubble burst.