&gt; <i>It&#x27;s so bad that I&#x27;ve actually heard people advise startups to pass on some enterprise revenue if they can afford it (pass on REVENUE!) if it might lead them down an &quot;enterprisey&quot; path, since doing so would in the end result in a systematically inferior product.</i><p>Yes, because it&#x27;s much better to have an architecturally pure product nobody uses than something generating millions in recurring revenue.