Paul Graham has written that for him Startup = Growth (http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html). Another thought leader, St

Paul Graham has written that for him Startup = Growth (http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html). Another thought leader, Steve Blank, writes that "a startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model" (https://steveblank.com/2010/01/25/whats-a-startup-first-principles/ https://steveblank.com/2010/01/25/whats-a-startup-first-prin...). A lot of the "startup type" characteristics of a company can possibly be correlated with one of the above categories. If you don't fall in either category, it would be weird to display those characteristics.