# Prof. Jeffrey Carr on Fab.com's rapid growth

1 Faculty News October 6, 2013 ![Crain's New York logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031171.jpg?itok=74z5O7mn)>

Excerpt from [Crain's New York](http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20131006/RETAIL_APPAREL/131009920) -- "'It isn't possible to sustain the type of growth rate you see early on with startup companies, yet management grows up in an environment where they expect to,' said [­Jeffrey Carr](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jeffrey-carr), clinical professor of marketing and entrepreneurship at NYU Stern School of Business, noting that even big companies, such as Apple and Microsoft, can run into problems managing growth."

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