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"Single-founder startups don't get as big, which is a bad thing" Setting aside the question of whether this is true, why is it bad to have a smaller business? I can think of several advantages, not the least of which is the luxury of remaining the sole developer. It's weird that you spend the comment telling Colin what he's doing wrong, and then ask him at the end what he wants.
I didn't say it's bad to have a smaller business. I said it's bad to have a smaller startup. Because by definition a startup is a company designed to grow. If a business isn't growing then it's not a startup. Between the two extremes of being a Google or a barbershop, it's closer to a barbershop. It also isn't as weird that I wrote that comment considering I alarmingly find myself falling into Colin's shoes as a sing…
That is not what the word means in common usage.
Merriam-Webster: "a fledgling business enterprise"
Oxford: "A newly established business"
Wikipedia: "A company, partnership or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model"
Etc.