Startup = Growth
This lesson is an essay published on paulgraham.com.
Read the essayWhat you'll get
Paul Graham's definition: a company is a startup because it's designed to grow very fast, not because it's new or uses technology. A company that makes things can grow only as fast as its cash, tooling and production allow, so most good manufacturers aren't startups in his sense, and that's no mark against them.
Do this week
Write one sentence on how fast your company needs to grow to become what you want, and what would limit it first: cash, production capacity or customers.