I did office hours with a startup yesterday that I ended up advising to (a) decrease their growth rate and (b) spend the money they've raised faster by hiring more people and paying them high salaries. Possibly the first time I've ever told a startup this.

In this case, decrease their growth rate meant decrease it from 30% a month (23x a year) to 20% a month (9x a year). That's how well this startup is doing.