Because nowhere in recorded history, at least that I am aware of, has growth consistently followed tremendous gains found at optimistic starts.
If I have a successful small store, and next year I employ 2 helpers, that's 200% growth in size. If the year after that I open a new store, with 4 workers at each, and me just managing the whole thing, that's another year of 200% growth.
If I then predict that in ten years my company will be employing half a million people, I'll be laughed out of the bank.
But that's what you are expecting: linear growth FACTORS.
In the real world, there's actually a limit to how many small stores of my niche type are needed. When you hit the point where there's a Starbucks inside a Starbucks, you may have overreached...
If I have a successful small store, and next year I employ 2 helpers, that's 200% growth in size. If the year after that I open a new store, with 4 workers at each, and me just managing the whole thing, that's another year of 200% growth.
If I then predict that in ten years my company will be employing half a million people, I'll be laughed out of the bank.
But that's what you are expecting: linear growth FACTORS.
In the real world, there's actually a limit to how many small stores of my niche type are needed. When you hit the point where there's a Starbucks inside a Starbucks, you may have overreached...