Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup?

Posted by RandallBrown on Thursday August 11, 2011 @06:48PM
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Re:Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup? by briandoll on Thursday August 11, 2011 @10:42PM (#2875765)

I love Steve Blank's definition of a startup: A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

With that definition, we can assert that a startup is no longer a startup once they've found that repeatable and scalable business model.

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Re:Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup? by markhall on Friday August 12, 2011 @01:11AM (#2876078)

I think that there a countless answers. I wrote about this exact topic some months back.

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Re:Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup? by byoung2 on Thursday August 11, 2011 @07:50PM (#2875338)

When the supply cabinet is locked

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Re:Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup? by rchaudhary on Thursday August 11, 2011 @07:59PM (#2875367)

When the founder does not know everybody in the company by name.

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Re:Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup? by buckwild on Thursday August 11, 2011 @08:13PM (#2875399)

When there is an "official" company email signature.

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Re:Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup? by dstein on Thursday August 11, 2011 @10:34PM (#2875744)

When a revenue stream has been found.

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Re:Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup? by raniskeet on Thursday August 11, 2011 @07:54PM (#2875353)

Whey they run out of money.

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