Fortune 500 enterprises and startups alike face constant pressure to grow revenues. This stems from the fact that investors want to invest in growing companies and smart employees want to be part of the next big thing, not the last.
This immense pressure to grow often causes management to make unhealthy and risky decisions. Take, for example, the demise of Ecomom.com following the tragic suicide of its founder/CEO, Jody Sherman.* Ecomom was a once promising ecommerce startup that had....