Having a surfeit of customers clamoring to pay more money for stuff--this doesn't sound like a terrible problem to have as a startup. Sure, spend time to build a reliable core, but gold-plating everything suggests there's been time to burn.
Not quite what I meant. A lot of startups are trying to find market fit and selling customers on a vision that is not yet realized. They will pitch new features and say that they can deliver if there is a contract. However, these features take longer to develop then anticipated, and are rushed on top of bad tech.
