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Re:Being a Solo Software Entrepreneur at 40 by cercatrova on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @11:39AM (#33520979)
> "Startup Founder" is synonymous with growing a business to be huge, so you should exclude founders from the calculation who are NOT attempting to grow a business to be huge.

By the YC and VC definition. But we can also go by the indie hacker or bootstrapped definition, making enough money to replace your job and if it's even more, then great, but it's not expected to make billions.

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Re:Being a Solo Software Entrepreneur at 40 by steve1977 on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:10PM (#33522164)
I‘m very interested in starting my own business, I’m not interested at all in making it huge, at least in terms of staff.
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Re:Being a Solo Software Entrepreneur at 40 by jdthedisciple on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:22PM (#33522349)
Same to both
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Re:Being a Solo Software Entrepreneur at 40 by ww-picard-do on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:04PM (#33522872)
Most people, not just VC's, would define a startup as a business which is geared for growth. How is a business that just pays the bills a startup? Isn't that just a small business?
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Re:Being a Solo Software Entrepreneur at 40 by akoncius on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @07:07PM (#33525975)
isn't it that all businesses are for growth? apple is expected to grow too, but I would not call it as startup..

I have'nt seen any (except non-profit ones) company which would intentionally claim " we are aiming and loweri g our revenue" or "let's keep it as it is" :)

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