A website is simply a way to communicate. You can put information there and people can read it. Other people can send you information if you choose. You can all

A website is simply a way to communicate. You can put information there and people can read it. Other people can send you information if you choose. You can allow other people to communicate with each other through it if you choose. A startup in regular English is a recently begun business. It doesn't have to be tech related or doing anything spectacularly new, it could be a family run bakery in a small town. A startup in HN English is a recently begun entrepreneurial business. It's trying to do something new and innovative and usually aims either to be acquired by a larger company or make absurdly large amounts of money and IPO.