&gt; There was absolutely no downside to growing as fast as your imagination could manage - despite an accumulation of red flags, technical debt, and unhappy employees.<p>I worked at LivingSocial early in my career and this is so true. There is a limit to how quickly organizations can grow (given our current understanding) and still be healthy.<p>Employee happiness and related metrics (e.g. retention) is the biggest indicator of health. I don&#x27;t care that you hired 400 people this year. Can you retain 40 world-class people?