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The dictionary defines startup as: "a newly established business."

Your take is typical on HN, but not the common interpretation.






But then, this is HN.

Hence the hourly reminder that most people don't think like the HN crowd does.

If you are dealing with funding rounds and recaps, you are a startup. I know of one that is twenty years old.

> Your take is typical on HN, but not the common interpretation.

TBH, it appears to be the commonly accepted answer to the question asked, but that doesn't mean it's a commmon interpretation.

To be even more honest, I'm not really sure how I'd classify the difference either; there's a lot of blurring of lines there.




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