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I'm unclear what you mean by the "hip term of the moment". You are aware that that term has been in use for at least 30 years, and most likely longer, right? A

• citricsquid 15y ago
  The term in relation to technology. It seems 90% of what people now refer to as a "startup" is a dumb website that someone made in a couple of days that has no real business behind it and will never be anything more than a dumb website. People will eventually stop calling every damn thing on the internet a startup and it'll have meaning again. Techcrunch covers technology, not "startups", it covers big companies (Google, Apple, Microsoft etc.) actual start ups and other technology stuff. The same is here at HN, a lot of what is posted here as a "Startup" isn't and it's people just using the term because it's hip. Like "app" and "social media", it's a fancy term people like.
  • btcoal 15y ago
    Agreed. I am also not a fan of using "startup" as a strict noun. I think of it more of an adjective. That is, companies can be in their "startup" phase. Too many people consider startup as a business category in and of itself. Moreover, even useful websites do not constitute a business, startup or otherwise. I'm sure there are plenty of nascent businesses that techcrunch would never cover just because they are not web-centered [citation needed].