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> Startups become large companies over time, if they don't fail. Picking nits, here, but this isn't true. My personal (multiple) anecdata is that a very good n
by caeril 6y ago
> Startups become large companies over time, if they don't fail.
Picking nits, here, but this isn't true. My personal (multiple) anecdata is that a very good number of startups neither fail nor become large - rather, they become stable small businesses.
- koonsolo 6y agoWas going to say the same here. A lot of business owners don't want to grow to a 100+ or even 20+ company.
- brundolf 6y agoSeconding this. I've only ever worked at "stable small businesses" and I recommend them as (broadly) the least-toxic category. Few enough people that you get treated like a human, you can have human discussions and bring up human issues, you can build human relationships. But you also don't have the immense pressure of VC breathing down your neck, of growth-at-all-costs, etc.
- cvhashim 6y agoI’ve also heard these types of small (10-50 people, maybe more) companies referred to as lifestyle businesses.
- burntoutfire 6y agoIt's really shitty that the companies that might be actually decent places to work at are diminished as "lifestyle business" by the people who work at the places that are terrible. It really sounds like Stockholm syndrome.
- recursivedoubts 6y agoThat's true. In fact, that's my situation currently, although I've seen the startup -> big company transformation twice as well. A small, stable startup is probably the ideal place to hide these days, but it's a trick to get there.