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Re:Angel investors flee as seed and startup bubble begins to... by netcan on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @02:07AM (#1837481)
pg, I previously said that I didn't think your usage of the word startup is in line with some others' and that this leads to semantic discussions all the time. At the time you replied that you think the best strategy is just to use the word properly.

I've since seen 'startup' being used by my bank, an accountant, a printer etc. They all mean 'new business.' Half the books with startup in the title mean new/small businesses.

http://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Practical-Starting-Running-Bu...

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Re:Angel investors flee as seed and startup bubble begins to... by pg on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @02:19AM (#1837502)
"Half the books with startup in the title mean new/small businesses."

Really? I think you should recount:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?url=index%3Dblended&fie...

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Re:Angel investors flee as seed and startup bubble begins to... by netcan on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @02:32AM (#1837537)
OK. half is an exaggeration.

But try: http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?url=index%3Dblended&fie... and http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?url=index%3Dblended&fie...

I'm not saying that it's unheard of to use startup in the sense that you do just that there it is also commonly used in another sense - enough to trigger annoying semantic nitpicking.

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Re:Angel investors flee as seed and startup bubble begins to... by hrq on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @02:50AM (#1837581)
Seems like we should come up with a different, more specific term for what we mean by startup. Like tech startup. Or perhaps IT startup.
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