You start with three points of confusion
It’s an age-old question; two actually: What’s the definition of a startup? And when does a startup cease being a startup?
They’re giving answers a go at Quora, with this one from Dave McClure being the best so far:
A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about –
- What its product is.
- Who its customers are.
- How to make money.
As soon as it figures out all 3 things, it ceases to be a startup and then becomes a real business.
Except most times, that doesn’t happen.
(Twitter’s 10 most antisocial celebrities)
That about says it all.
Welcome regulars and passersby. Here are a few more recent buzzblog items. And, if you’d like to receive Buzzblog via e-mail newsletter, here’s where to sign up. You can follow me on Twitter here and on Google+ here.
- Microsoft’s opening act since Windows 95: Weezer.
- Lawyer questions legal ethics of LinkedIn “endorsements”
- Will entering your ATM PIN in reverse summon the police?
- EFF urges court: Stop porn-copyright ‘shakedowns’
- Nothing funny about how The Onion got hacked.
- Steve Jobs ordered Apple ads off Fox News.
- Florida’s identity-theft rate 3 times that of Calif., N.Y. and Mich.
- IT pro has a hair-raising hobby.
- Shopzilla sends a bottle to say sorry about trademark whine.
- Ever done the Laptop Drive of Shame?
- How that “extra 9” could ward off a Zombie Apocalypse
- Yahoo buys teen’s startup for $30M, hires him … and WHAT?
- 2013’s 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries
- Why business cards still beat “the bump.”
