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> A company that just started that can scale to 100M evaluation in less than 5 years.

How can you assign a name to something based on what might happen in < 5 years ?



Whether the company targets or not that goal is a major distinction.

For example if I open a restaurant I'm 100% guaranteed not to be valued 100M in 5 years.

If I target to be the next social network and compete with TikTok, then it's a startup.

Goal, ability to scale, global business from the onset, etc. are things you can perceive today without being able to read the future.




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