and what i'm saying is how much traffic and growth matters is almost totally dependent upon your own business model. my latest startup only gets about 100 uniq

and what i'm saying is how much traffic and growth matters is almost totally dependent upon your own business model. my latest startup only gets about 100 unique visitors a month. its an expensive, private, pay-for-use application directed towards a very niche market. i'm doing well. will your business be doing well at 100 uniques? probably not. i've had almost consistent 0% monthly growth. thats partly because we're still in beta and am not advertising it at all, but i'm still "successful" already. success is defined by your business plan and how you monetize, not by traffic alone.