At least 15 of the companies on this list are not startups, and in fact are (or were) publicly traded companies with actual revenue-generating business models (

At least 15 of the companies on this list are not startups, and in fact are (or were) publicly traded companies with actual revenue-generating business models (Twitter, Stripe, Netflix, Lyft, Twilio, Docusign, Zillow, Salesforce, Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat, Peloton, Spotify, Groupon, Zendesk, Rivian, Shopify). A number of them even had profits before the recent downturn. Some of these companies have been publicly traded for years and are among the biggest companies in the world (ahem...Salesforce...) or at least are the biggest in their market (Spotify, Netflix, Stripe, Mindgeek). If they're still considered startups, then the term "startup" no longer has meaning.