The advice is to hire the best workers. But by definition, not everyone can be the best. So, say all the firms are bidding up the best talent to their true 10-20x values (and giving them interesting projects), as the author suggests. The market adjusts, and it becomes economical again to higher a massive team of average workers with management and space. You might have to set your goals lower, if you can no longer expect leaping innovation that only a genius could make. But it's way easier to find and replace average talent. If they can actually do the job, and your business is expanding, then you can raise compensation to at least maintain morale.