Ask HN: Company vs. Startup

Posted by bo_Olean on Sunday February 05, 2012 @02:19PM
from the ask-hn dept.

When you release more than one product does is become a company ? What is the actual difference between a company and a startup ?

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Re:Ask HN: Company vs. Startup by yurylifshits on Sunday February 05, 2012 @03:01PM (#3555040)

According to Steve Blank, a startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

A company is an organization that has found one.

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Re:Ask HN: Company vs. Startup by verelo on Sunday February 05, 2012 @03:10PM (#3555081)

Yeah, i agree with yurylifshits.

Side note: I get annoyed when a "company" continues to call themselves a startup because it sounds cool and trendy. If this is you, dont do it...

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Re:Ask HN: Company vs. Startup by bo_Olean on Thursday February 09, 2012 @01:10PM (#3572205)

What if we started as a service company which recently launched a product (with some sustainable business model)?

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Re:Ask HN: Company vs. Startup by zeynalov on Sunday February 05, 2012 @06:25PM (#3555638)

you mean when an organization is registered and has already a working business plan, they shouldn't call them a startup anymore?!

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Re:Ask HN: Company vs. Startup by verelo on Sunday February 05, 2012 @10:06PM (#3556036)

nah, just when a company has started becoming fairly profitable, been through a fair few funding rounds and existed for about 3-4 (or more in some cases) years...its time to accept while you might be cool (not trying to play it down), you /should/ no longer need to reply on calling yourself a start-up to attract hot talent to your "company".

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Re:Ask HN: Company vs. Startup by tcmb on Monday February 06, 2012 @08:07PM (#3559975)

In a startup, the number of people who are coding exceeds the number of people who don't.

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