[wmf]

Yes, the target growth rate taught by Y Combinator is 5-7% per week or 20-30% per month (at such high rates it's better to track weekly because otherwise you could fall too far behind before realizing it). http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html

[EpicEng]

Wow, well... maybe it's just my ignorance, these people do this for a living. Just seems like a crazy number to me. I'm sure there's a lot of detail and reasoning behind that number.

[wmf]

Running a successful startup is crazy and unnatural; that's why it's so rare and that's also why there's backlash against that becoming the default mode of thinking.

Based on a quick calculation, to get from zero to one (billion) users takes just under six years at 7%/week growth.

[BoiledCabbage]

The crazy part is people conflating starting up a business with trying to build a billion dollar business.

Thinking anything not a grand slam is a strikeout is idotic and perverse incentives.

[ikeboy]

Starting from 0 it takes infinity years regardless of growth rate.