"I was a freelance web developer once (both full- and part-time.) I remember my 1-person thing being exceptionally uncomplicated. Project work was easy to find, and money wasn’t my key motivator. I did it because I enjoyed it.

Eight years later (today,) I co-own a 10-person thing called Electric Pulp. As much as I prefer the new thing to the old, it’s far less uncomplicated (that was a double negative for anyone keeping count.)

A recent conversation has me thinking just how different the two efforts really are. EP is far more ambitious than anything I ever did as a freelancer. But while the business aspects of what we do seem to scale really well, there are other aspects that have gotten a little crazy.

How so, you ask? Let’s count…"