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A comment on The Story of Stripe (2018).

Re:The Story of Stripe (2018) by DenseComet on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:17PM (#23603661)
$35 billion and 11 years old. How can Stripe still be considered a startup? Even at the time of writing, it was 9 years old and worth $20 billion.
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Re:The Story of Stripe (2018) by aeyes on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:24PM (#23603762)
You stop being a startup when you start spending your own money.
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Re:The Story of Stripe (2018) by noir_lord on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:45PM (#23604037)
Hmm. I like that but how about.

> You stop being a startup when you start spending only your own money.

Lot's of growth based VC backed startup's have some token income you could argue they are spending.

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Re:The Story of Stripe (2018) by JoshTriplett on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:02PM (#23604437)
A startup that takes no external funding is still a startup.
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Re:The Story of Stripe (2018) by vinniejames on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:19PM (#23603689)
Startup implies rapid growth via VC funding and reinvestment, size and age are not a determining factor
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