The same goes for founders who spend their money and time on their office space instead of their products. Taj Mahal syndrome is perhaps the surest sign that a company has peaked. When I saw that Apple was building the most amazing campus in the history of humanity, with a 2.8-million-square-foot spaceship-shaped building at its center, while their phones and laptops were being panned by their most loyal fans, I shook my head.

