Apple second quarter revenue

Q2 2018: $61.1 billion
Q2 2017: $52.9 billion
Q2 2016: $50.6 billion
Q2 2015: $58.0 billion
Q2 2014: $45.7 billion
Q2 2013: $43.6 billion
Q2 2012: $39.2 billion
Q2 2011: $24.7 billion
Q2 2010: $13.5 billion
Q2 2009: $9.1 billion
Q2 2008: $7.5 billion

— John Fraher (@johnfraher) May 1, 2018

10 years. 700%+ growth.

Going by Paul Graham’s definition of startup, Apple is truly a startup.

A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of “exit.”

What about your startup?