A colleague from sales told me an anecdote once, that she is not going to use the word 'Startup' again during sales pitches and general customer interaction. I

A colleague from sales told me an anecdote once, that she is not going to use the word 'Startup' again during sales pitches and general customer interaction. I worked in publishing at that time and customers in this sector tend to be more conservative and long term planning than in other sectors. Essentially they feared that the company might not exist anymore in 2 years to come, because of {acquisition, restructuring, bankruptcy} or some other reason. Appearantly beeing a 'Startup' seems to be associated instability and unreliability in some circles -- wich again is part of these 'cultural issues' wich I was talking about in the previous post.