# Startup = Growth by Paul Graham ## Metadata - Author: [[Paul Graham]] - Full Title: Startup = Growth - Category: #articles - URL: https://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html ## Highlights added April 25, 2024 at 8:18 AM Focusing on hitting a growth rate reduces the otherwise bewilderingly multifarious problem of starting a startup to a single problem. You can use that target growth rate to make all your decisions for you; anything that gets you the growth you need is ipso facto right. Should you spend two days at a conference? Should you hire another programmer? Should you focus more on marketing? Should you spend time courting some big customer? Should you add x feature? Whatever gets you your target growth rate. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hwahqdvr8w29fy4fjpmv30kp))