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umanwizard
on April 4, 2020
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Startups are pummeled in the ‘great unwinding’
For better or worse, in colloquial American English, "startup" means a particular type of company, and is only weakly correlated with age.
gamblor956
on April 4, 2020
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To most of America, the term "startup" means a vaguely tech-ish company which doesn't know how to make a profit.
As a former techie, I strongly agree with that usage.
dreamcompiler
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And sometimes a de facto scam (WeWork) or full-on scam (Theranos) because the investors caught FOMO fever and couldn't be bothered with due diligence.
bdcravens
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The company I work for has been profitable from day one. I think we'd be proud to say then that we were never a startup :-)
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