🔗 How startups lose their edge

Ian explains how companies lose their edge during rapid growth. As teams scale from 20 to 2,000 people, the original culture gets diluted through layers of management. Companies start hiring safe candidates with impressive resumes instead of culture fits, and adopt conventional strategies that contradict what made them successful. The post suggests keeping teams small, promoting from within, and continuing to take big risks to avoid becoming merely respectable instead of exceptional.