Startup vs. Business: Pick Your Game

Two friends quit the same job on the same day.

Ana starts a bookkeeping service for dental clinics. Month three: 6 clients, $9,000/month, profitable, sleeps fine.

Ben raises $500,000 for an AI bookkeeping platform. Month three: 0 revenue, 4 employees, burning $45,000/month, pitching Series A decks at 1am.

At a dinner party, someone calls Ana's company "just a small business" and Ben's "a real startup."