Why starting companies got easier but scaling them became nearly impossible
“Starting a company has never been easier.”
And and they all they all rhyme they rhyme a lot. Mhmm.
So you teach a course at MIT around scaling startups, and it's specifically around scaling, not startups, not starting the company. And you have this quote in your, syllabus. Starting a company has never been easier. Scaling one into a durable, high impact organization has never been harder. Why is that the case?
I mean, has it ever been easier to start a company? It's That's absolutely true. And the flip side of that is, I mean, how many companies is the the the number of companies formed is going to mushroom over the next ten years relative to last ten years. And the the last ten years pre compared to the previous ten years is mushroom. I just think in my life, like, I'm old.
About this clip
Brian Halligan explains his controversial thesis that while it's never been easier to launch a company today, successfully scaling one into a durable organization has become exponentially harder. He predicts the number of new companies will mushroom over the next decade, building on an already explosive growth trend.
Why this clip
This presents a counterintuitive perspective that challenges the common narrative about entrepreneurship, backed by someone who successfully scaled HubSpot and now teaches at MIT.
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