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Re: Show HN: Founders launching startups on Twitch

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Sure! We started with 250 USD which we wanted to put in ourselves, and now we are at: https://twitter.com/thepatwalls/status/1062834446691233793 :)

We were able to get soo many awesome Sponsors on board ( https://24hrstartup.com/sponsors )

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Heya! I’m Armin, part of the team behind the 24 Hour Startup Challenge! Over this weekend, there are over 300 founders building products live on Twitch in 24 hours. As I post this, there are almost 90 people live streaming their work from all over the world! You can watch them on 24hrstartup.com. The idea behind this live-streamed hackathon event comes from Pat Walls. He challenged himself to do a 24-hour startup twi…

Cool. However, stop calling it startups. They're launching apps/products, not startups.

We should take back the word 'startup' from people who want to make us think it is reserved for something that involves a business plan and raising money.

If someone starts something, I call it startup.

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Cool. However, stop calling it startups. They're launching apps/products, not startups.

We should take back the word 'startup' from people who want to make us think it is reserved for something that involves a business plan and raising money. If someone starts something, I call it startup.

Except that words need to mean something, otherwise anyone can arbitrarily decide what they mean at their own convenience like what's happening now.

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Cool. However, stop calling it startups. They're launching apps/products, not startups.

We should take back the word 'startup' from people who want to make us think it is reserved for something that involves a business plan and raising money. If someone starts something, I call it startup.

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Cool. However, stop calling it startups. They're launching apps/products, not startups.

What is a startup anyway? The term is stupid and overused imo.

I think we can all agree it's not the process of building an app.

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Cool. However, stop calling it startups. They're launching apps/products, not startups.

We should take back the word 'startup' from people who want to make us think it is reserved for something that involves a business plan and raising money. If someone starts something, I call it startup.

Hey everyone, come invest in my new startup called "doing the dishes." Launching in about five minutes.

Re: Show HN: Founders launching startups on Twitch

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Give them a month, then maybe you could call it a 'start-up' or something substantial. It would also help build some level of anticipation.

Sure, in a month, if they are an actual startup I'll call them a startup.

How do you propose anyone will have a MVP within a day? Which is the purpose of this event. I mentioned giving them a month to develop and build some level of product and anticipation for what it is they're proposing. Nothing about calling them a 'start-up' based on any level of randomness. Or perhaps you don't understand the word 'maybe'.

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We should take back the word 'startup' from people who want to make us think it is reserved for something that involves a business plan and raising money. If someone starts something, I call it startup.

Except that words need to mean something, otherwise anyone can arbitrarily decide what they mean at their own convenience like what's happening now.

That's of course not just happening now, it has always been a problem with the term. There has never been wide industry agreement as to what it means, going back decades.

That's how you end up with the media referring to 10 year old type companies that have thousands of employees as start-ups. I don't think a definition for it is going to get narrowed now, it will probably always be a broad/loose term.

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>> Privacy First Products - A curated list where you can discuss privacy first products Cool! will I be expected to sign-up with my FB/Google/Whatever social media account to join?

No, you will need a email address to log in.

Why login to view a list?

Re: Show HN: Founders launching startups on Twitch

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