You’ve mastered the startup stage
of business building.
You know the rules,
how to succeed at it.
You want your business
to stay there.
That’s not possible.
The startup stage of business building
is like school.
School is designed to prepare us
for the working world.
It is a temporary place.
Startup is a stage a business is meant
to pass through also.
“there’s nothing wrong with
adopting and holding on to
some of the features
of being a startup
such as flexibility, innovation
and creativity,
but encouraging the notion
of staying a startup
is plain wrong.
To thrive and survive,
every organization has to,
at some point, find its
profitable, sustainable market,
mine that market,
grow, and become
– gulp –
a mature,
can-chew-gum-and-walk-at-the-same-time,
post-startup business.”
Being a startup is temporary.
When it’s viable,
move your business into its next stage.