Scare the System: Why Founders Should Design Company Breakpoints Before They Happen

Great companies don’t fail from external threats — they crack from within. Founders who wait for structural stress to reveal itself are too late. Instead, top operators embed deliberate 'breakpoints' — planned stress tests that expose weak links before they snap. Use growth stages, hires, or system load as triggers. Design constraints that force your org to confront entropy early. This isn’t paranoia; it’s preemptive strategy. Build pressure valves before pressure mounts.