What is a Technology Startup?

http://blog.weatherby.net/2009/07/what-is-a-technology-startup.html

by mattculbreth • 17 years ago

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pg• 17 years ago

"Paul Graham has a nice article on how to start a startup up but does not get into defining the term technology startup."

I'd already covered that here: http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html

lanceweatherby• 17 years ago

Thanks for the pointer PG. Great essay. There are like a dozen gem quotes in there. I will update my post with a pointer.

To pull directly from the article a technology startup is "measurement and leverage, where measurement comes from working with a small group, and leverage from developing new techniques."

If I pull from chunks I come up with:

A small group of people inventing a new way to solve a difficult problem that is hard for others to duplicate.

Is that far off from how you would sum it up?

Ardit20• 17 years ago

"Technology startups make unique products that people want."

So basically they are just a business.

smithjchris• 17 years ago

Excellent comment +1.

mattculbreth• 17 years ago

It's probably easier to list a few things that are NOT technology startups (at least in 2009): consulting company, staffing company, technology product resale company, ecommerce site.

What is a Technology Startup?

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