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> 6. Linear growth can be worse than no growth Can you elaborate on this please?
by vjvj 12y ago
> 6. Linear growth can be worse than no growth
Can you elaborate on this please?
- nhayden 12y agoNo growth could mean you're still at the flat part of exponential. Linear means it's definitely not exponential.
- princeb 12y agowait, this makes no sense... there is no flat part of the exponential... the derivative of the exponential is the exponential!
- eli 12y agoI'm not the author, but I think it's related to the following point about failing fast. It's not a good situation to be pouring yourself into a business that just plods along, never really in danger of going bankrupt but also never in danger of great success. A clear failure would be preferable because it would be a lot easier to walk away, pivot, start over, etc.
- mattbee 12y agoPutting 40hrs/week into a stable, increasingly-profitable business is hardly a slow death, though.
- eli 12y agoNeither is putting in 40hrs/week at a stable job at BigCo
- infinite8s 12y agoYou missed the part about "increasingly profitable" which leverages each additional hour to generate more income (which no job will give you).
- mfringel 12y agoAlong with what others have posted, it may mean that you've chosen a business model that only scales linearly.
- rralian 12y agoSometimes startups are funded early based on track record and opportunity. If they instead launched and demonstrated lackluster (linear) growth before seeking funding, they could have a much harder time convincing investors of the exponential growth potential. If you're going for VC dollars, you really need to have a compelling story about how you will grow to be huge, and having some history of linear growth is a counter-argument to that.