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Re:Sell your startup for half a billion and get nothing (2021) by pc86 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @09:33AM (#39603943)
No this is 100% the point of Venture Capital, and 100% what "startup" actually means. Startup means a moonshot, something that has a 99.9% chance of failure but if it succeeds will have a gigantic impact.

Someone working on their $500 MRR form-builder app isn't building a startup, they're "just" building a regular ole business.

Personally I'd much rather build a business than a startup.

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Re:Sell your startup for half a billion and get nothing (2021) by adastra22 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @11:25AM (#39605669)
That’s definitely how VCs work, but startup has a broader meaning than that. Any young business that is still figuring itself out is a startup, even bootstrapped “lifestyle” businesses.
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