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This is ridiculous, Microsoft and Apple who's founders are retired and dead are still startups? Startup is not just a synonym for tech company, it implies a ce
by dasil003 8y ago
This is ridiculous, Microsoft and Apple who's founders are retired and dead are still startups? Startup is not just a synonym for tech company, it implies a certain lifecycle stage (among other things).
- paulsutter 8y agoCertainly Apple is a wobbler (and Microsoft is questionable). But Amazon is kicking ass as always, undermining industry after industry. They're still managed with the same tenacity. And dont count out Alphabet, Facebook, etc. Whether or not we like these companies, they're a different animal from the norm.
- dasil003 8y agoYes, they're a different animal from the past, but they are the new norm as software becomes a primary competitive advantage in all industries. We don't need to subvert the idea of startup to describe this: tech company does just fine. A startup is something that's starting, it's right there in the title, it completely neuters the word of all meaning to apply it to decades-old multi-billion dollar companies.