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It seems to me that the focus at HN is on startups that aim for huge growth, and not really small businesses; especially not small, stable businesses that don't
by aceperry 12y ago
It seems to me that the focus at HN is on startups that aim for huge growth, and not really small businesses; especially not small, stable businesses that don't have much potential to grow very large. The subject of the article is a small business that won't really scale well. One of the biggest topics of discussion at HN is around the topic of scaling a business.
I'm glad to see an article like this which reminds us that small businesses can be an important part of our society. I also see some efforts by some people in the ycombinator network to expand beyond the mechanics of doing startups. I attended last year's startup school and was blown away and inspired by one of the speakers, Danae Ringelmann:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPbHf4i6CrQ&list=PLQ-uHSnFig5OyY5JWSQrl_gESiEUJxe1m&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPbHf4i6CrQ&list=PLQ-uHSnFig...