Re:The Profitable Startup
by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Saturday November 01, 2025 @02:02AM
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Is there a better word for these grow slow companies?
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Solid? Right up to the point some funded start-up starts giving away the same thing in the hope that they can fake it until they make it and take everybody else in the same space down with them.
Re:The Profitable Startup
by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday November 01, 2025 @04:02AM
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Linear is a really, really good product though, so it is worth paying for.
Businesses
Small business?
"hypeless growth"
"Normal growth"?
SME, bootstrapped business.
Re:The Profitable Startup
by designerbenny on Saturday November 01, 2025 @10:56PM
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If you slow grow and keep it smallish, then it’s a “lifestyle business”. That number can change but maybe $5million or less ARR. Thats enough to pay yourself and a few staff with benefits.
But like palata said above, it is a startup if hasn’t found product-market fit.