But when you don't take VC funding, you learn to keep operations lean and test your offerings to ensure market fit before scaling.
When my company did its first $50 million in revenue, we had seven employees. Admittedly, our business is unique — we sell at a large scale to select clients, which doesn't require the same headcount as other businesses. But when you don't take VC funding, you learn to keep operations lean and test your offerings to ensure market fit before scaling.