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> But if a company was formed, as most companies are, intending to use a proven business model, then it's not in his definition of a startup. This would seem t
by throwawayknecht 9y ago
> But if a company was formed, as most companies are, intending to use a proven business model, then it's not in his definition of a startup.
This would seem to exclude virtually all delivery service, cleaning service, car service, etc. companies, which are usually considered the prototypical SV startups.
- wpietri 9y agoIt depends on how they're doing it. Uber and Lyft, for example, are definitely startups under Blank's definition, because they were searching for a new model. Postmates too was new; I don't believe there was a successful delivery company that worked like they do. If you were to start a Postmates competitor today, though, and were just doing what they did, then it wouldn't be a startup. At $250m ARR, their business model is already proven.