@paulg: One month's progress for a successful startup. The previous month's towering revenue number now looks small, and the ea…
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Paul Graham shares a chart illustrating how one month of exponential growth makes a startup's previous towering revenue look small and early numbers appear flat.
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One month’s progress for a successful startup. The previous month’s towering revenue number now looks small, and the early part of the graph is starting to read as flat. This is what exponential growth feels like. https://t.co/uu1ip3awWg
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