The way to stay small is never to take other people's money: the moment you do, they want the largest return, and the enterprise playbook follows.

What these subjects mean

team size How many people a thing needs, and what the extra ones cost: headcount, coordination, and the small-team claim.

venture capital Raising money and what it does to the product: the funnel that forces hard choices, and what happens without it.

Mental modelIncentives

What David Heinemeier Hansson actually said

Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?

In tension with

No credential gives more credibility with investors than growth does.

Hansson says the way to stay small is never to take other people money, because the moment you do they want the largest return. Graham says growth impresses investors more than any credential — advice for the founder who has already decided to want them. Neither is wrong about the mechanism and they point at opposite doors.

Shared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.