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Re:Twitter lands $800 million venture capital deal, breaking... by chucknthem on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @09:56AM (#2837106)
If you define a startup as a company still looking for a business model as Steve Banks might, then twitter very well fits in that definition. It's also easy to label companies with a startup culture of moving fast, raising capital and innovating a "startup".
Re:Twitter lands $800 million venture capital deal, breaking... by tomkarlo on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @11:42AM (#2837513)
Neither of these are good reasons to label a company a "startup." Arguably, Salesforce.com is 'still looking for a business model' despite being public, as are any number of other companies. And every tech company likes to think they have a culture of 'moving fast, raising capital and innovating.'

Wikipedia provides a reasonable starting place: "A startup company or startup is a company with a limited operating history. These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets."

Re:Twitter lands $800 million venture capital deal, breaking... by arethuza on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @10:09AM (#2837134)