Startup = Growth
BlogPaul GrahamJun 14, 2012
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A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Not 'a small business', not 'an entrepreneur'. The growth rate that makes you a startup vs. a regular business: 5-7% weekly. Below 1% weekly = dying. PG's most rigorous definition.
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Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. !Image 6 September 2012 A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of "exit."…
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