Let me rephrase the question to the scope of startups. A small business is not a startup: https://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html https://www.paulgraham.com/grow

Let me rephrase the question to the scope of startups. A small business is not a startup: https://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html https://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html But you’re also completely right.