But their demands may be unreasonable, unrealistic, and perhaps even self-destructively stupid.<p>A number of companies have been killed because the original founders were fired and replaced by a more compliant team - who unfortunately had absolutely no clue how to run that particular business.<p>I&#x27;m not a fan of constant growth demands. Companies can fake growth in any number of ways, especially after winning a round. Ultimately it&#x27;s down to persistent paying customers - not transient customers, and not &quot;users&quot; - and sales&#x2F;margins. Anything else is PR for potential investors.<p>My conservative view is that it&#x27;s fine to run a stable, profitable business without spectacular growth. You may get killed by the competition, but you&#x27;re just as likely to be killed by the politics and finance of over-extending a business without a real case for it.