Paul Graham Shares a Startup's Revenue Chart: Last Month's Peak Now Looks Flat
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-03
Paul Graham posted a chart of a successful startup's monthly revenue trajectory: the towering revenue number from the previous month now looks small, and the early part of the graph is starting to read as flat. "This is what exponential growth feels like," he noted — the psychology of compounding only becomes visible when you zoom out.
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