Paul Graham, the founder of the highly influential Y Combinator accelerator program penned arguably his most famous essay in September 2012. In this essay, titled Startups = Growth, Paul Graham argued that startups are built to grow fast. “Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, take venture funding, or have some sort of “exit”. The only essential thing is growth.” he argued. This mantra of hyper-growth is something that startups worldwide have followed to the dot, raising millions of dollars to capture as big…
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