Poll: Do you work at a startup?

#1

Post by ShaneCurran » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 9:43 PM UTC

For the purposes of the poll, a startup can be defined as “a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed” and revenue does not exceed $10m per year.

If not, feel free to comment where or in what sector you work.

[I'd love to chat with you either way -- feel free to hit me up at shane at velodro.me]

Re: Poll: Do you work at a startup?

#2

Post by andrec » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 9:59 PM UTC

An interesting secondary poll is: Where does a startup stop being a startup in terms of revenue.

Re: Poll: Do you work at a startup?

#3

Post by justinzollars » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 10:03 PM UTC

I once worked for a startup, that startup was acquired by Adobe now I work there.

Re: Poll: Do you work at a startup?

#4

Post by notacoward » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 10:04 PM UTC

No, but that's kind of misleading because I've worked for ten startups in the past.

Re: Poll: Do you work at a startup?

#5

Post by lotp » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 10:04 PM UTC

Not by your definition.

Re: Poll: Do you work at a startup?

#6

Post by darkstar999 » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 10:06 PM UTC

notacoward wrote: post #4

No, but that's kind of misleading because I've worked for ten startups in the past.

How is that misleading? It says "Do you work at at startup", not "did you"

Re: Poll: Do you work at a startup?

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Post by sukuriant » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 10:12 PM UTC

"and revenue does not exceed $10m per year."

... would that mean Mojang isn't a startup?

Re: Poll: Do you work at a startup?

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Post by pionar » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 10:13 PM UTC

I work in Indianapolis at a software company in the higher ed. and municipal operations management sectors.

Re: Poll: Do you work at a startup?

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Post by knappe » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 10:17 PM UTC

andrec wrote: post #2

An interesting secondary poll is: Where does a startup stop being a startup in terms of revenue.

I don't see revenue taking part in the discussion other than showing you have a true business model. Having a stable, profitable business model means you're a small business and not a startup.

I also tend to start calling a company with 30+ employees a small business rather than a startup. You can't support that many employees without being a stable profitable company (ideally I suppose).

Re: Poll: Do you work at a startup?

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Post by notacoward » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 10:17 PM UTC

darkstar999 wrote: post #6

notacoward wrote: post #4

No, but that's kind of misleading because I've worked for ten startups in the past.

How is that misleading? It says "Do you work at at startup", not "did you"

It's misleading because if anyone associates certain properties or beliefs to "startup people" vs. "big company" then they'd almost certainly draw the wrong conclusions about me from that answer. In other words, they would be misled. Likewise, any statistical correlation with other properties or beliefs would be skewed by people like me who were habitually one group but just happened to be in the other at the precise moment of asking. When gathering any sample, it can be useful to know about confounding factors or exceptions.