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It does not matter if he considers himself a startup or not.

Think about it. He does fairly well doing what he does. Must a dentist "scale", or is the dentist perfectly happy running her practice until she retires?

Why do people have to scale? Wouldn't you like yourself to earn that regular money every month doing something that you like without thinking of constant expansion?

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I've heard, from assorted friends an d such, that one of "the problems with capitalism" is that businesses must grow or die.

I never quite got that. I mean, I understand that a business may be driven by shareholders to just keep going after that one extra dollar, but it's also quite feasible to have a sustainable business that earns its owners a good income, isn't always trying to grow, and leaves everyone happy.

totally agree with you. i hope you didn't interpret my comment as implying that scaling is something that everyone should aspire to.

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