Look, growing something and developing it are different things.
Growing happens all by itself. Yes, it may be that someone provides the conditions for the growth to happen, as with turnips, or dahlias, or children, but the actual growth happens as if by magic.
The same sort of thing occurs with population growth. Obviously individuals are helping that happen, but the population as a whole doesn't have that particular intention because a population can't have an intention.
Developing something, on the other hand, is what happens when you take deliberate steps to make something get bigger, or smaller, or more refined, or more profitable.
So, please, stop talking about growing a business.
You develop a business in growing mangelworzels.
Okay?
Word To Use Today: develop. This word comes from the Old French developer, which means, delightfully, to unwrap.
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