Twitter Plans Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week
I&#x27;ve always sort of had this question that continues to feel naive - but I&#x27;m not sure I know the answer: why do so many companies feel like they have to grow perpetually? Why can&#x27;t Twitter just be happy being Twitter, knowing its limits and making a stable profit? Instead it&#x27;s more users, more VC money, more staff... constantly burning as quickly as possible. There&#x27;s a ceiling on every business; it&#x27;s all bound to come crashing down eventually if you don&#x27;t stop somewhere. Either you do it gracefully or hundreds of folks have to eventually lose their job unexpectedly (very sad).<p>Is the answer simply that earlier VCs put pressure on the executives to keep growing so they can multiply their investment?<p>Personally I dream of making a living establishing a patio11-type software business. Something where I can do a high quality job and own all of the decision-making. The ceiling doesn&#x27;t have to be very high for one guy to sustain himself, and software is appealing because you can automate away nearly all of the &quot;work&quot;.