To grow rapidly, you need to make something you can sell to a big market. That’s the difference between Google and a barbershop. A barbershop doesn’t scale.

From Paul Graham’s “Startup = Growth”.

Via MG Seigler who says:

Such a masterful post on just what it means to be a startup and why the ecosystem works so well.

Read on.

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This week is super busy as we approach the holiday season. Apart from the whack of daytime work events to explore on the TO Events Calendar, fundraising and evening socials dominate the calendar this week.

The week began Monday with the #pepsitweetup, celebrating all the great Canadian initiatives Pepsi is supporting in 2010. There was a chance at the event to show what you care about. And whether you have an environmental, cultural, health, educational or arts project you’d like to tackle in 2011, be sure to submit your idea for funding to the Pepsi Refresh Project.

This week also prevents us with the Movember Gala Thursday evening. You’ll be able to catch me there in support of Prostate Cancer Canada. Even if you can’t make it, you can still donate to our fundraising team here. With over $1500 raised, we’re pretty happy with this year’s efforts and I’ve noticed a real jump in awareness from last year.

Also, Matt will be at tonight’s Sproutup, so be sure to say hi.

And feel free to join me at =People Downtown’s Tequila Monthly this Friday evening as we celebrate world electronic music and the relaunch of indianelectronica.com.

Lots more on the go
As always, you can find all the great weekly events on Yeah Social’s TO Events Calendar. And feel free to add your favourite events to the TO Events Calendar or reach out to us with some suggestions so we can keep everyone up to date.

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This week sees the autumn event bonanza continue with Jeff Pulver in town, TedXToronto going down, and kicking off October with Nuit Blanche. Here are details on some of these highlights.

Monday, September 27
#140conf Tweetup and Tweetgasm v1.3 at The Gladstone, 7:00p to late.
@JeffPulver from #140conf will be visiting Toronto and is co-hosting a tweetup at the Gladstone Hotel as a part of the Gladstone’s monthly #TweetGasmTO. Jeff is on the road promoting the upcoming #140conf: Detroit and October 19th as a Day of Giving.

Tuesday, September 28
Year One Labs: Office Hours at Jet Cooper, 5:30p to 8:00p
This is going to be an informal event where you’ll be able to talk about your startup ideas and find out how Year One Labs works. There will be beer.

Thursday, September 30
TedXToronto, various Toronto locations, 9:00a to 5:00p
While the TedXToronto invite only event at Glenn Gould Studios is sold out, you can still participate in a satellite event at one of several Toronto locations.

Lots more on the go
Another super busy week, with Third Tuesday, RGD Ontario, DX and Nuit Blanche satellite events. Be sure to check these out on Yeah Social’s TO Events Calendar. And feel free to add your choice events to the TO Events Calendar or reach out to us with some suggestions so we can keep everyone up to date.

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