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Oh come on. Just because Paul wrote something does not suddenly make it fact. The word 'startup' is at least a few hundreds years old, most likely from the wor

• unimpressive 13y ago
  We're talking about startups in the Silicon Valley Business vernacular, which has some strange definitions for common words. (See: Disrupt)
  • ooutpa 13y ago
    You see, I can get behind the usage of the word 'Disrupt' - to interrupt the normal course or unity of - Because that's often what happens when a startup enters a market to take market share from entrenched competitors who have been sailing along with a legacy for years. But I can't get behind changing the meaning of the word 'startup' based on geographic location. The meaning is literally in the word. To start up a new venture. Nothing about 5% weekly growth. Nothing about seeking a business model - because when the word was coined nobody had to 'seek' a business model, people just paid money for goods and services. There's your business model. Of course that part has become a little lost in Silicon Valley recently.
  • mindcrime 13y ago
    We're talking about startups in the Silicon Valley Business vernacular, Are we? I'm not in Silicon Valley, and what happens there is of little consequence to me. I, for one, only care what startup means in my vernacular. For what it's worth, I consider a "startup" any business that's intended to grow into a very large business, where the definition of "very large" is somewhat fuzzy. But I don't think you have to have intent to achieve that in any certain period of time, in order to qualify as a startup.
    • vacri 13y ago
      I dare say that your vernacular is not locked to the definitions of words from several centuries ago.