[callalex]

My goal is to do less work for enough money. Letting yubico chug along without growth would accomplish that for me if I was the owner.

[selectodude]

Yubico is pretty well owned by VC firms that want their money back. By taking outside money, you're beholden to outside influence. Yubico can't buy out their investors, so they have to raise money some other way in order to do so. In this case, public markets.