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

by RandallBrown • 15 years ago

6 7 15 years ago

byoung2• 15 years ago

When the supply cabinet is locked

raniskeet• 15 years ago

Whey they run out of money.

rchaudhary• 15 years ago

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

buckwild• 15 years ago

When there is an "official" company email signature.

dstein• 15 years ago

When a revenue stream has been found.

briandoll• 15 years ago

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.

markhall• 15 years ago

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

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