The document discusses benchmarks for estimating startup growth rates. It finds that the average startup forecasts 120% growth in the first year, 83% in the second, and 60% in the third. U.S. small companies are the most ambitious, forecasting 740% first year growth on average. Industries like financial services and consumer goods expect the highest growth rates among different sized startups. The time from $0 to $1M in annual revenues is estimated to be 24 months on average, ranging from 18 months in industries like aerospace to 43 months in competitive consumer industries.