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> So at what point does a company stop being a "startup" nowadays? Wikipedia defines startup as a new business in the form of a company, a partnership or tempo
by frostmatthew 11y ago
> So at what point does a company stop being a "startup" nowadays?
Wikipedia defines startup as a new business in the form of a company, a partnership or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.[1]
Not sure where an exact "point" is (if one even exists) but would seem that Twitter (a nearly ten year old company with revenues of $1.4B) no longer fits that definition.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company
- xytop 11y agoI heard that Twitter has no revenue only loses.. is that changed recently?
- Retra 11y agoMaybe everyone else just calls their customers "investors" for some reason?
- kingnothing 11y agoThey may not have turned a profit, but they certainly have revenue.
- frostmatthew 11y agoYou're confusing revenue (money coming in) with profit/income (money left over after expenses). In 2014 they had revenue of $1.4B[1]. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=TWTR+Income+Statement&annual https://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=TWTR+Income+Statement&annua...