'Startup' has come to mean too many different conflicting things. You're describing what I would call a "VC backed startup", where you'll either get big or wit

'Startup' has come to mean too many different conflicting things. You're describing what I would call a "VC backed startup", where you'll either get big or wither away. The other end of the spectrum (for people here) would be something like a Bootstrapped Technical Startup. Where you're trying to build a cashflow positive business leveraging technology in some way.