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"Because by definition a startup is a company designed to grow" That is not what the word means in common usage. Merriam-Webster: "a fledgling business enterp
by idlewords 12y ago
"Because by definition a startup is a company designed to grow"
That is not what the word means in common usage.
Merriam-Webster: "a fledgling business enterprise"
Oxford: "A newly established business"
Wikipedia: "A company, partnership or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model"
Etc.
- yellow_and_gray 12y agoPaul Graham: "A startup is a company designed to grow" No wonder that's not what the word means in common usage considering startups themselves haven't been common enough to make it into hundred-year old dictionaries.
- tptacek 12y agoYeah. Stupid old dictionaries. Hey: a good YC application idea! Disrupt them!
- yellow_and_gray 12y agoThe biggest thing I learned from this downvoting is that sometimes it's better to only quote new knowledge and let others pick up the conversation from there.