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Some good points. We don't concrete criteria for which companies we consider startups, but it's something along the lines of "is this a technology company that
by keesj 8y ago
Some good points. We don't concrete criteria for which companies we consider startups, but it's something along the lines of "is this a technology company that is disrupting the marketing, and/or rapidly evolving its business model"?
I do think that's the case for Netflix, even though technically it was founded a while ago.
LinkedIn is a bit harder to defend as its business model seems to have stagnated.
- jkaplowitz 8y agoI wouldn't think any publicly traded company, nor any subsidiary of a non-startup, qualifies as a startup, even if they previously did before they exited. The tough categorization calls in my opinion are for slow-growing or stagnant long-private tech companies. With your definition, doesn't Amazon still qualify? It's majorly disrupting markets and rapidly evolving its business model. And it's definitely a tech company.