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I still occasionally see people refer to companies with thousands of employees (including some that have gone public) as "startups." The term is being diluted.

• cryptoz 11y ago
  I don't think the term startup means that you have only a few employees. Rather, it means you are still researching your business model, still in a growth stage, etc. Certainly Tesla and SpaceX are startups, despite having thousands of employees. Tesla is experimenting with home batteries, licencing tech, SpaceX considering internet satellite constellations, etc. They are both very far away from achieving their goals, and stability as revenue-generating, competive companies. Definitely still startups. Same goes with Uber, etc.
• chrdlu 11y ago
  http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html As Paul Graham says, "A startup is a company designed to grow fast." and it seems like Palantir is still growing incredibly fast.
• ravintpillai 11y ago
  Startup = Growth - cf Paul Graham ;)