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So true. This term seems to be abused more than ever now a days. I've seen too many people who are just starting a company (literally), throw this term around.
by alexwolfe 15y ago
So true. This term seems to be abused more than ever now a days. I've seen too many people who are just starting a company (literally), throw this term around. It's not something to be proud of unless you have something to be proud of.
- smacktoward 15y agoThe crazy thing is that you hear people talking about how they've "started a company" when they haven't figured out how to make their new operation do the primary thing a company does, which is MAKE MONEY. If you're not making money, you're not a company. You're a collection of people that might be a company, someday.
- latch 15y agoYou are flat out wrong. Not every tech product/company/idea comes together in a weekend, a month or even a year. Companies doing new science can go for years, and even decades, without even having a product, let alone clients or revenue.
- erichocean 15y agoExactly. In my case, it'll have been ~15 years before I see any revenue at all for my company, Fohr, in 2013.
- untog 15y agoIf you're not making money, you're not a company. Uh? You're a company when you sign the paperwork to make a company. I get the sentiment behind what you're saying, but the statement doesn't make sense. If you're not making money, you're not a profitable company. But that ought to be reasonably obvious.
- philwelch 15y agoI guess Amazon wasn't a company until years after they went public.
- keiferski 15y agoHe said make money, not be profitable. If you don't have a business model, you're not a company.
- alexwolfe 15y agoAlso, starting a company and being an Entrepreneur are not the same thing. There are many owners of small businesses that would certainly not consider themselves Entrepreneurs. I never hear that term tossed around by the owner of the local Deli.