I am not sure I am hot on the startup vs small company distinction, because there exist so many examples of cross-overs. First, there are a lot of tech "startups" (meeting pg's definition) that have preferred to stay small, becoming "lifestyle businesses" as the pejorative term has it (no, it is not my preferred term!). I bet I can think of many that started out as startups, but would not meet pg's definition of startup anymore; there may even be a few YC-backed companies in that list. The opposite also occurs and has occurred, a non-scalable-model based small business morphing into a scalable company.
At some level, all taxonomies break down, but startup vs small business taxonomy isn't very strong to begin with.
At some level, all taxonomies break down, but startup vs small business taxonomy isn't very strong to begin with.