from Hacker News

Every company that grows into a big enterprise seems to run into the same pitfalls:

- Too many middle-managers

- Technical debt

- Lack of innovation

- Shady business practices

- Overpaid executives who are disconnected from reality

The company may continue to pull in massive revenue, but it feels like that's due to inertia more than innovation.

Meanwhile the company's public image gets worse and worse. And while that's a controversial metric that's hard to measure, it's important, since so many of these companies used to pride themselves on "not being evil" and "making the world a better place."

Are there any examples of companies that have handled 'being big' particularly well?