Your website that you threw together in a couple of hours, that is NOT a project, and it certainly is not a startup. Seriouly? So, a project is defined as an

Your website that you threw together in a couple of hours, that is NOT a project, and it certainly is not a startup. Seriouly? So, a project is defined as an ongoing, methodical task, which extends minimally beyond some undefined amount of time? If you're a tech person, you know that the "couple of hours" may well represent months of idea gestation, followed by two hours of very precise execution based upon, say, ten years of professional experience. Also, consider that any non-trivial website will require ongoing maintenance (try hosting any user-generated content, which instantly puts you in the anti-spam business), and you soon realize that a "two hour project/startup" is likely much, much more than that. As for startup vs project, 'startup' means you consider yourself to be starting a business. That can mean a lot of things. I can just as easily say you need two million in funding and five signed "rock star" devs before I'd consider you a startup.