Startup

How it is used

Used about the company and its culture: work at a startup, a tech startup, startup founders. Also written 'start-up', especially in British English. Startups often have flat structures and few formal processes.

Example sentences

1. Before joining us, she worked at a fintech startup in Istanbul.

2. As a startup, we can make decisions much faster than our bigger competitors.

Common collocations

• tech startup
• startup founder
• work at a startup
• early-stage startup
• startup culture

Related terms

• subsidiaryA company that is owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company, but is a separate legal entity.
• shareholderA person or organization that owns shares in a company and therefore owns part of it.
• CEOShort for chief executive officer: the highest-ranking manager in a company, responsible for its overall strategy and results.
• parent companyA company that owns or controls one or more other companies, which are called its subsidiaries.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• startup · Entrepreneurship & Startups

More terms: Company Structure

• headquarters
• stakeholder
• report to
• HR
• line manager
• branch
• in-house
• outsource
• board of directors
• C-suite
• department
• head of