The thing that I picked up from the article wasn&#x27;t so much that there was hacky managerial solutions, but that there was gaping operational holes in the company. This meant that the hacky solutions never got fixed.<p>A lot of early-stage companies have been known to engage in grey-area practices to hit that growth factor. Reddit, for instance, faked a bunch of early users to make it look like people were using it. But if it came out today that a large percentage of Reddit&#x27;s users were faked, it&#x27;d be a huge blow to the company.<p>This becomes even more critical if you&#x27;re dealing with any government&#x2F;regulatory body- you&#x27;re legally bound to fill these gaps before &quot;plausible deniability&quot; can&#x27;t be used.