Today, the main challenge is scaling the company while managing tight deadlines and ensuring focus on the right opportunities.

Managing rapid growth in a company is challenging because human organizations aren't designed for it. It's important to be systematic in finding ways to handle this growth, but often, the best you can achieve is just adequate management.

When scaling a company, it's important to prepare for challenges and adapt mechanisms that work as the organization grows from a small team to a large enterprise.

The pace at which issues arise in a growing company can outstrip your ability to resolve them, which is a challenging adjustment for founders used to academic success.

When organizing a growth team, you can either have it as a separate entity or integrate it with the product team, but it's crucial to find a balance between shared responsibility and dedicated focus on growth.

The chaos that often accompanies rapid scaling is internal as well as external; it's important to condition your team to expect and manage this chaos.

The challenge of maintaining product innovation while scaling involves balancing reliability and the need for new features, which requires hiring and training many people.

Expectations of customers continue to rise, making it a constant challenge to maintain product-market fit.

Managing people effectively is essential in a startup; if you don't focus on this, it can overwhelm you as the team grows.