and they didn't need or want to grow fast for growth's sake. The HN/YC model of a "startup" is something that is growing rapidly, as per http://www.paulgraham.

and they didn't need or want to grow fast for growth's sake. The HN/YC model of a "startup" is something that is growing rapidly, as per http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html, so perhaps 37signals was never a startup in the HN use of the term ;-)