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Re:Twitter announces layoffs by frostmatthew on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @02:24PM (#10382423)
> So at what point does a company stop being a "startup" nowadays?

Wikipedia defines startup as a new business in the form of a company, a partnership or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.[1]

Not sure where an exact "point" is (if one even exists) but would seem that Twitter (a nearly ten year old company with revenues of $1.4B) no longer fits that definition.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company

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Re:Twitter announces layoffs by xytop on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @03:08PM (#10382734)
I heard that Twitter has no revenue only loses.. is that changed recently?
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Re:Twitter announces layoffs by frostmatthew on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @04:38PM (#10383305)
You're confusing revenue (money coming in) with profit/income (money left over after expenses). In 2014 they had revenue of $1.4B[1].

[1] https://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=TWTR+Income+Statement&annua...

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Re:Twitter announces layoffs by Retra on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @03:19PM (#10382811)
Maybe everyone else just calls their customers "investors" for some reason?
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Re:Twitter announces layoffs by kingnothing on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @04:38PM (#10383303)
They may not have turned a profit, but they certainly have revenue.
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