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At what point does an organization stop being a "startup" and become a "private company"?

• dilyevsky 5y ago
  Obviously it’s pretty tricky to define but I’d say anything that doesn’t have an already established or rapidly growing customer base/revenue is a startup. If you can shutdown all r&d and it’s still going to be viable business for a while then it’s not a startup
• toomuchtodo 5y ago
  When its inertia has reached a point where it can continue to succeed not because of its actions, but in spite of them.
  • hef19898 5y ago
    Immeditely added that to my favorite commebts. Short, crsip and it contains so much truth!
  • samizdis 5y ago
    That is so nicely put. Worthy of Ambrose Bierce himself, I reckon.
• arpa 5y ago
  when you become consistently profitable and sel-sufficient.
• bigbillheck 5y ago
  When it stops taking VC money?