Yes, she is talking about one particular kind of company, but Jessica's definition of a startup is the generally agreed upon one here on HN [1]. (The fed is usi

Yes, she is talking about one particular kind of company, but Jessica's definition of a startup is the generally agreed upon one here on HN [1]. (The fed is using a definition of a brand new company.) While the fed paper is really interesting, I don't think it is relevant for this discussion. My own personal and unsubstantiated view is that we're living in the golden age of startups. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html