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When is a startup no longer a startup? Should mint.com (acquired by Intuit five years ago after raising thirty million in five rounds) or redfin.com (ten years
by stevewilhelm 12y ago
When is a startup no longer a startup?
Should mint.com (acquired by Intuit five years ago after raising thirty million in five rounds) or redfin.com (ten years old, and has raised a hundred million dollars in seven rounds) really be considered startups?
- lokeshk 12y ago+1. I wonder if making the work of curating the list of startups driven by a community, like in Wikipedia, would be more beneficial? It would also work better if start-ups are defined as part of the guideline.
- larrys 12y ago"When is a startup no longer a startup?" There is really no dejure definition of a startup as it is. Not to mention that the site doesn't even give its own definition of what qualifies to be listed on the site.
- dublinben 12y agoI think a reasonable point at which to consider startups just normal companies is upon IPO or acquisition. That's certainly the end goal for most startups, and when the structure really changes.
- smsm42 12y agoI think IPO or acquisition is to narrow criteria. Not all companies go public. You won't call behemoths like Koch Industries, Ernst & Young, Dell or Heinz startups, yet they are not public.
- duaneb 12y ago...unless they don't IPO, or they aren't acquired. Hopefully there are less grim options for startups to be validated.