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Andrew Mason

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

We expanded rapidly, adding staff from 50 to over a thousand in just a few months, which made it challenging to maintain a cohesive company culture.

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Andrew Mason at Startup School SV 2014

@ Y Combinator

10/15/14

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Jeff Lawson

05/24/25

@ a16z speedrun

After realizing we needed to expand our sales team, we went from 12 to 100 salespeople in less than a year to better serve our growing customer base.

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Julia Hartz

03/13/14

@ Y Combinator

In the early days, we focused on hiring the best talent to fill gaps in our skills, which helped us grow from three to over 300 employees in just a few years.

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Michael Truell

05/01/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Initially, we hired too slowly, which contributed to our rapid growth from $0 to $100 million ARR in just a year and a half.

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Cindy Mi

01/17/19

@ Y Combinator

We weren't prepared for rapid growth when a key opinion leader shared our program, leading to 2,000 sign-ups overnight, which we struggled to manage in a timely manner.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

We scaled our company from zero to seventy million in revenue with just six people at the start, which was a challenging situation.

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Rujul Zaparde

01/09/25

@ Y Combinator

During my time at Airbnb, the company grew significantly, from around 30 product managers to over a hundred, highlighting the rapid expansion and the scale of operations.

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Joe Gebbia

06/07/17

@ Y Combinator

Preserving company culture during scaling is essential, and we focus on hiring the right people to maintain our design and trust culture.

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Ruchi Sanghvi

05/09/17

@ Y Combinator

To accelerate progress at Dropbox, I realized the fastest way was to grow the team size, as we started with only 30 engineers who were spread too thin across various platforms.

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James Dyson

04/04/23

@ ainslie + ainslie Performance People

Maintaining the right culture in our business is crucial as we transition from a startup to a larger company, ensuring we continue to innovate and thrive.