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Re:Uber’s New Rival in Australia: An Indian Upstart by comex on Monday March 19, 2018 @08:44PM (#16624897)
To me it does come off as vaguely negative - in context, perhaps hinting at skepticism of whether the company will succeed in overtaking Uber. But if so, only mildly; the word definitely has its positive connotations too.
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Re:Uber’s New Rival in Australia: An Indian Upstart by matte_black on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @12:00AM (#16625956)
When startups were "cool" and people weren't so keen to their puffery and PR hacks or vaporware smoke tests, it was positive.

However, these days you almost certainly want to be known as a "business" by anyone who matters, and one with good reviews.

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