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Re:America is in the midst of an extraordinary startup boom by sneak on Sunday May 12, 2024 @10:42AM (#40334855)
“Startups” doesn’t mean “starting up a new business”, it means a company that is capable of hyperscaling. It’s shorthand for growth, per one of pg’s essays.

Lots of people start “normal, chill” lifestyle businesses. But nothing about a successful startup is “normal” in the traditional sense of the term.

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Re:America is in the midst of an extraordinary startup boom by indymike on Thursday May 16, 2024 @12:03AM (#40375090)
Startup means new business does when dealing with economic stats. It means something else in the tech world.
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Re:America is in the midst of an extraordinary startup boom by indymike on Friday May 17, 2024 @11:53AM (#40391208)
BTW, I think all but one of my startups would fit the pg essay, but when you read articles like this one, the evidence is not that pg style startups are going crazy, but rather self-employment and small business is growing... mostly self-employment.
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