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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: Akamai

Seeing Both Sides

In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5 This presents the second interesting scaling take-away of the Akamai story: when you achieve product-market fit, it’s ok to have some waste in order to grow fast. This is the magic of what Akamai and other multi-product companies achieve as they scale.