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> But, then I can't find any examples of startups that just operated as normal, chill businesses from day one. I've done five startups this way.

• sneak 2y ago
  “Startups” doesn’t mean “starting up a new business”, it means a company that is capable of hyperscaling. It’s shorthand for growth, per one of pg’s essays. Lots of people start “normal, chill” lifestyle businesses. But nothing about a successful startup is “normal” in the traditional sense of the term.
  • indymike 2y ago
    Startup means new business does when dealing with economic stats. It means something else in the tech world.
  • indymike 2y ago
    BTW, I think all but one of my startups would fit the pg essay, but when you read articles like this one, the evidence is not that pg style startups are going crazy, but rather self-employment and small business is growing... mostly self-employment.