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Well, I disagree. But I totally see where you're coming from and respect your opinion. I find that by people continually to call projects startups, it's muddyin
by bmull 16y ago
Well, I disagree. But I totally see where you're coming from and respect your opinion. I find that by people continually to call projects startups, it's muddying the actual startup community and taking the standards of what people see as a startup down. But again, I'm hopeful that these projects become startups as the founders dedicate themselves to them.
- arbales 16y agoCEO means "Chief Executive Officer" not rando dude with a pet project. It sounds self-involved, and doesn't impress anyone.
- spitfire 16y agoUntil you own a building, it's a little presumptuous to call yourself CEO. Once you do own a building, It needs to have at least 3 floors.
- themonk 16y agomine one has 2 floors, one more to go.
- Johngibb 16y agoTo be fair, once you incorporate you need to name a CEO, no matter how small of a project is being created by the company.
- nostrademons 16y agoI don't think there is an "actual startup community". There are just people that do things, some of which may become successful. Google did not have much in common with Value America, which did not have much in common with LiveJournal. They were 3 projects, or startups, or businesses, or whatever. In the late 90s, Value America was by far the most successful, but look where they are now. Similarly, I think it's a mistake to fetishize certain ventures as being "real" startups while the others are just "projects". Those Stanford grad students who are playing around on stuff after class may be the next billionaires. Similarly, that Sequoia-funded startup with revenue and an ex-Googler founder may just be dust in the wind in five years.