Self employed means you're a "one man band" and you have no intention of changing it. A startup is when you may start on your own, but you want to grow it, have

Self employed means you're a "one man band" and you have no intention of changing it. A startup is when you may start on your own, but you want to grow it, have employees etc. I decided long time ago the former makes me a lot happier than the later.