> why do so many companies feel like they have to grow perpetually?
Public companies have investors and those investors who have put in capital (money or time) either in the beginning or during operations expect a return on their investment. The company taking the investment keeps selling shares to get more capital getting them stuck on a ROI treadmill.
The only way to escape the ROI treadmill is to self-fund from operations profits and not take outside investments.
Unfortunately many of these startups depend on debt to keep operations going.
Public companies have investors and those investors who have put in capital (money or time) either in the beginning or during operations expect a return on their investment. The company taking the investment keeps selling shares to get more capital getting them stuck on a ROI treadmill.
The only way to escape the ROI treadmill is to self-fund from operations profits and not take outside investments.
Unfortunately many of these startups depend on debt to keep operations going.