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Roughly. I would broaden the colloquial meaning to "new-wave tech companies". Ones from the past decade that aren't FAANG and maintain an agile culture (or at l
by _bxg1 7y ago
Roughly. I would broaden the colloquial meaning to "new-wave tech companies". Ones from the past decade that aren't FAANG and maintain an agile culture (or at least purport to), and have a certain San Francisco sheen to them even if they aren't actually from there
- maxerickson 7y agoI feel like you are now vigorously explaining that the other poster was right, that we should use some other name.
- _bxg1 7y agoI'm not arguing one way or the other, I'm just observing that "startup" is an overloaded term in 2020, and maybe the new definition is a bit silly, but it's also really hard to get everyone in a society to change the vocabulary they've become accustomed to.
- renewiltord 7y agoIt's a bit like asking you to define just how many grains of rice there are in a heap. You may be unable to do so and yet know a heap when you see it.