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For better or worse, in colloquial American English, "startup" means a particular type of company, and is only weakly correlated with age.

• gamblor956 7y ago
  To most of America, the term "startup" means a vaguely tech-ish company which doesn't know how to make a profit. As a former techie, I strongly agree with that usage.
  • dreamcompiler 7y ago
    And sometimes a de facto scam (WeWork) or full-on scam (Theranos) because the investors caught FOMO fever and couldn't be bothered with due diligence.
  • bdcravens 7y ago
    The company I work for has been profitable from day one. I think we'd be proud to say then that we were never a startup :-)