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. Most good businesses aren't startups, and he treats them as a different kind of company rather than a lesser one.
Do this week
Write one sentence on how fast your company needs to grow to become what you want, and whether that makes it a startup by Graham's definition.