The headline is kind of clickbaity, since what the author really says is that everything breaks at 10-40 employees, which is much less useful as a benchmark. I'

The headline is kind of clickbaity, since what the author really says is that everything breaks at 10-40 employees, which is much less useful as a benchmark. I'm an early employee (no. 10 or so) at a very fast-growing startup (https://www.futureadvisor.com https://www.futureadvisor.com). We're now at about 45 people, and more than 50 including contractors. Nothing's broken yet. We had to change, we did, we'll have to change again. We have a product (online investment management) that we believe in, and two founders who have created a great place to work. Sure, people are here because it was a good career move and it's exciting to be in a growing company. But they're also hear because they like it. They like their teams. They like the mission. It's fun. It's meaningful. Maybe this startup is doing everything right. But maybe this article is scaring people too much, as well.