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Re:Ask HN: Non hypergrowth startups by MCRed on Sunday November 23, 2014 @11:36AM (#8649142)
I believe the correct term is startup. It is only in recent years that people have tried to make startup mean a very specific, narrow, method of launching a business. But the term, traditionally, means a business in its early phase, pre-profitability. Whether this is an international shipping concern or a mobile hook-up app, they're both startups.

GitHub isn't a "lifestyle business" (even before they took A16Z money)

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Re:Ask HN: Non hypergrowth startups by danieltillett on Sunday November 23, 2014 @05:50PM (#8650250)
I agree, but in HN any start-up that is not set-up to be an extreme outlier is considered somehow a lesser business.
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