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How to Speak Startup

99 points by vinothgopi 12y ago

meowface 12y ago
That was a lot funnier and more accurate than I would've expected from Techcrunch.
serve_yay 12y ago
Well, I clicked on a techcrunch dot com link, so I guess I got what I asked for.
coherentpony 12y ago
I'm actually fairly disappointed since I was hoping this would be helpful.
shockzzz 12y ago
TechCrunch doesn't even make money and what they produce is shoddy journalism at best. How are they going to go around criticizing others who try to do something? Douchebag journalists are WAY worse because they believe the bullshit they spew. At least startup douchebags get a whiff of their own shit.
- ajankovic 12y ago
  ^ A classic example of ad hominem.
tmuir 12y ago
Another meaningless and overused adjective that could be added to this list is "curated". Curated means that the company chose to sell certain things, and not sell other things. How novel. Walmart curates its product offerings. There are some days where every third listing on ProductHunt is "A curated collection of ______".
- derekp7 12y ago
  To me I read "curated" as "picked by a human, not an algorithm". I guess it could also be "picked by a sufficiently advanced algorithm that is as good as a human".
- thomasfoster96 12y ago
  Curated probably wouldn't make sense on this list because it's used a lot outside of the startup world as well. Plus, curated is usually used to mean exactly what it does mean.
michaelchisari 12y ago
I always use the Startup Guys as a reference this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmdl4VltD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmdl4VltD4
- droidist2 12y ago
  LOL, brogrammers?
tschellenbach 12y ago
:) this was pretty hilarious
mc32 12y ago
I hope tech crunch did this purely tongue in cheek, if it weren't for the likes of them, the terms they are fileting are the argot they and their industry, tech 'journalism,' pick up, amplify, popularize and abuse wouldn't become ubiquitous. Then they have the audacity to ridicule the industry.
- jasondrowley 12y ago
  As one of the co-authors of the piece, I just want you to know that it was done 98% tongue-in-cheek and maybe 2% self-loathing. It wasn't meant to be a serious at all, despite the fact that some "definitions" are more biting than others.
supercoder 12y ago
"Disrupt" is suspiciously absent from this list.
- thaumasiotes 12y ago
  It does get a mention: > Good exits happen when you’re “killing it,” your company hasn’t killed you yet, and another company comes along to buy yours. (See possibly, acqui-hire.) Bad exits are another way of saying you failed to disrupt much of anything besides your VC’s portfolio performance.
- cafard 12y ago
  I have been looking for a chance to use this assertion for a while, so thank you: Disrupt is broken
  - meowface 12y ago
    We need to disrupt "disrupt".
kyledrake 12y ago
Here we go again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak
thomasfoster96 12y ago
Probably the best article I've read on TechCrunch for a while. Even if they missed 'disrupt' because TechCrunch wouldn't make fun of themselves.
- DonHopkins 12y ago
  So is a startup company that hasn't disrupted yet said be be "preruptive"?
  - thomasfoster96 12y ago
    Yes and postruptive for when the company runs out of ideas.
DonHopkins 12y ago
Anybody care to reverse engineer the meaning of "Serial Hackerpreneur"? https://angel.co/jawad-ansari https://angel.co/jawad-ansari
DanielBMarkham 12y ago
"Cashflow Positive – Someone gave us a dollar." Funny -- even more funny when you consider that many startups never make it that far!
archlight 12y ago
last time my boss asked me how was my side project for the team going (I am from enterprise world), i replied i haven't reached MVP yet. he paused a while and puzzled saying I will buy you a ring then

99 points by vinothgopi 12y ago

meowface 12y ago

That was a lot funnier and more accurate than I would've expected from Techcrunch.

serve_yay 12y ago

Well, I clicked on a techcrunch dot com link, so I guess I got what I asked for.

coherentpony 12y ago

I'm actually fairly disappointed since I was hoping this would be helpful.

shockzzz 12y ago

TechCrunch doesn't even make money and what they produce is shoddy journalism at best. How are they going to go around criticizing others who try to do something? Douchebag journalists are WAY worse because they believe the bullshit they spew. At least startup douchebags get a whiff of their own shit.

ajankovic 12y ago
^ A classic example of ad hominem.

tmuir 12y ago

Another meaningless and overused adjective that could be added to this list is "curated". Curated means that the company chose to sell certain things, and not sell other things. How novel. Walmart curates its product offerings. There are some days where every third listing on ProductHunt is "A curated collection of ______".

derekp7 12y ago
To me I read "curated" as "picked by a human, not an algorithm". I guess it could also be "picked by a sufficiently advanced algorithm that is as good as a human".
thomasfoster96 12y ago
Curated probably wouldn't make sense on this list because it's used a lot outside of the startup world as well. Plus, curated is usually used to mean exactly what it does mean.

michaelchisari 12y ago

I always use the Startup Guys as a reference this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmdl4VltD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmdl4VltD4

droidist2 12y ago
LOL, brogrammers?

tschellenbach 12y ago

:) this was pretty hilarious

mc32 12y ago

I hope tech crunch did this purely tongue in cheek, if it weren't for the likes of them, the terms they are fileting are the argot they and their industry, tech 'journalism,' pick up, amplify, popularize and abuse wouldn't become ubiquitous. Then they have the audacity to ridicule the industry.

jasondrowley 12y ago
As one of the co-authors of the piece, I just want you to know that it was done 98% tongue-in-cheek and maybe 2% self-loathing. It wasn't meant to be a serious at all, despite the fact that some "definitions" are more biting than others.

supercoder 12y ago

"Disrupt" is suspiciously absent from this list.

thaumasiotes 12y ago
It does get a mention: > Good exits happen when you’re “killing it,” your company hasn’t killed you yet, and another company comes along to buy yours. (See possibly, acqui-hire.) Bad exits are another way of saying you failed to disrupt much of anything besides your VC’s portfolio performance.
cafard 12y ago
I have been looking for a chance to use this assertion for a while, so thank you: Disrupt is broken
- meowface 12y ago
  We need to disrupt "disrupt".

kyledrake 12y ago

Here we go again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak

thomasfoster96 12y ago

Probably the best article I've read on TechCrunch for a while. Even if they missed 'disrupt' because TechCrunch wouldn't make fun of themselves.

DonHopkins 12y ago
So is a startup company that hasn't disrupted yet said be be "preruptive"?
- thomasfoster96 12y ago
  Yes and postruptive for when the company runs out of ideas.

DonHopkins 12y ago

Anybody care to reverse engineer the meaning of "Serial Hackerpreneur"? https://angel.co/jawad-ansari https://angel.co/jawad-ansari

DanielBMarkham 12y ago

"Cashflow Positive – Someone gave us a dollar." Funny -- even more funny when you consider that many startups never make it that far!

archlight 12y ago

last time my boss asked me how was my side project for the team going (I am from enterprise world), i replied i haven't reached MVP yet. he paused a while and puzzled saying I will buy you a ring then