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Not a Startup, didn't follow Startup trajectory. They were building a tidy little business - except they moved past the little part. When you start, you choose
by djbusby 5y ago
Not a Startup, didn't follow Startup trajectory. They were building a tidy little business - except they moved past the little part.
When you start, you choose between investors+growth=exit or profitable+steady=tidy
Greatly simplified of course but Craigslist chose the second path.
- pmoriarty 5y ago"Not a Startup, didn't follow Startup trajectory." Every company was once a startup.
- djbusby 5y agoDisagree. A Startup is a company designed to grow and scale fast (according to my investor friends) A small business is one designed to be tidy. All business start but not every one that starts is a Startup. Include tangent here about Lean Startup vs Startup. Also, I'm using Startup which is different than startup - the Proper Casing I think implies the Venture-to-Exit part. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company