I've been at my new company for about a month. It's a startup that went from a dozen people last year to over two hundred right now. During the dot com era, that type of growth typically spelled disaster. It's crazy how many people I've met have only been at this shop for one to three months. Everyone is 100% remote, across multiple countries, and vast timezones.

One of the major differences now is that while still young, the business has matured and companies have a better idea on how to make money.

During dotcom there was massive amounts of experimentation and a mindset of grow first money …

Today you usually have many examples on how to make money once you get some scale.

And as long as you grow large enough, even if you fail to make money there is always someone with money that have a use for a big customer base prepared to buy you.

So growing fast today is not a sure path to disaster.

Still, it require some management skills to keep everyone on the same path.