Is it a start-up?

There's a lot of content about how one can launch a start-up these days, YC YouTube's channel especially is a gold mine of precious advices.

Here's a little sophism though: if launching a start-up requires to...

• Deal with rejection
• Endure sleepless nights
• Learn from your user
• Challenge your initial conceptions
• Iterate
• Manage cofounder relationship under pressure
• Be flexible and embrace change
• Get unsolicited advices
• Manage expectations

... Then raising a child is akin to a start-up no? If it walks like a duck...

Note: do not take it too seriously, just some Thursday morning fun