@edwest ah! Old Boston 


more relevant than size, yeah--but younger businesses tend to be smaller too, no?
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well they *start* that way sure, but those high growth firms are rarely "mom and pop"-type operations
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right, right; "mom and pop" is a misleading label
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yes, but still my point is there are important ex ante differences between small firms.. most "small biz" don't have+
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the characteristics that almost all high growth firms are found to have after the fact.
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def, most small firms stay small--what sort of characteristics do high-growth firms have?
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well great majority of small biz are highly derivative business models (e.g., local pizza shop, tax services,etc)
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that plus skills/experience of founders and capitalization. lots of high growth oriented firms still fail, but+
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those without those sorts of characteristics very rarely achieve high growth.
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