> "Startup" by definition is companies that need large-scale growth to succeed By your definition. And maybe a bunch of people who read the PG essay that narro

> "Startup" by definition is companies that need large-scale growth to succeed By your definition. And maybe a bunch of people who read the PG essay that narrowed the word that way. But not by the definition of 99.9% of economic participants. Investopedia's definition, for example, bears no relationship to the PG definition. Neither does Webster's, dictionary.com's, or any entrepreneurship textbook you might find. Even Steve Blank doesn't define it that way.