Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of setting into operation or motion.
- noun A business or undertaking that has recently begun operation.
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- noun the act or process of
starting aprocess ormachine - noun a new
organization orbusiness venture
Etymologies
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Examples
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Commonly, when we think of the word startup, we think of those "two guys in a garage" tinkering, inventing, and changing the world.
Eric Ries: A Startup Inside a Fortune 500 Company? The Nordstrom Innovation Lab Eric Ries 2011
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Commonly, when we think of the word startup, we think of those "two guys in a garage" tinkering, inventing, and changing the world.
Eric Ries: A Startup Inside a Fortune 500 Company? The Nordstrom Innovation Lab Eric Ries 2011
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He left to join what he called a startup, which I later discovered was eight years old.
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Commonly, when we think of the word startup, we think of those "two guys in a garage" tinkering, inventing, and changing the world.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Eric Ries 2011
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That said, I know first hand how difficult this can be – the last thing we want as a small startup is a lot of back and forth with lawyers.
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The venture capital industry needs shave about $13 billion a year from its investments in startup companies, writes Paul Kedrosky in a research paper released today by the Kaufman Foundation.
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That said, I know first hand how difficult this can be – the last thing we want as a small startup is a lot of back and forth with lawyers.
Women Grow Business » Setback to Resilience: 3 Lessons from the Unsigned Contract 2009
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Down in Austin, Texas, Trilogy, a once-high-flying startup, is “reinventing the newspaper business for the Internet Age,” with a venture-backed online newspaper.
Open Thread: Should Newspapers Charge for Online Content 2009
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That said, I know first hand how difficult this can be – the last thing we want as a small startup is a lot of back and forth with lawyers.
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That said, I know first hand how difficult this can be – the last thing we want as a small startup is a lot of back and forth with lawyers.
jenniferomurphy commented on the word startup
I don't agree that "upstart" is a synonym for startup.
May 22, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word startup
That's hilarious!
May 22, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word startup
What a downer (down turn)?
May 23, 2012
alexz commented on the word startup
Apple is trying to trademark the term 'startup'.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/28/apple_trying_to_trademark_startup/
August 29, 2013