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Ask HN: When is a new business not a startup?

2 points by zubairq 11y ago

If the definition of a startup is the search for a business model, then does this mean that any new business that starts which has a working business model is NOT a startup?

lukep423 11y ago
Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Check out Paul Graham's essay "Startup = Growth" for a great answer to your question: http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html
- zubairq 11y ago
  hmmm, I guess this boild down to how a startup is defined, good point!
  - zubairq 11y ago
    Then since Apple is designed to grow fast does that make it a startup, since 2000?