Building Startups: A few big ones, or many smaller ones?
credo: my answer is neither.
ymmvInstead of a "a few smaller ones" or "larger start-ups", imo starting with just one startup would be a better idea.It is easier to do a good job on one startup if you're focusing solely on that startup (especially since your definition of a small startup includes startups that could take a few thousand man-hours).