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Startup

Meaning in entrepreneurship & startups, with examples

/ˈstɑːrtʌp/nounCore term

In entrepreneurship & startups, startup means: A young company that aims to grow very fast by solving a problem with a new product or business model, often before it has found a way to make a profit.

In Turkish: girişim, startup, girişim şirketi

How it is used

Used everywhere in tech, investment and the media. You found, launch, join, run or fund a startup. People talk about early-stage and late-stage startups, and about fintech, health or climate startups.

Example sentences

  1. I left my bank job last year to join a fintech startup with twelve people.

  2. Most startups in our accelerator are still looking for their first paying customers.

Common collocations

  • found a startup
  • join a startup
  • early-stage startup
  • tech startup
  • startup ecosystem
  • founderA person who starts a company and builds it in its early days, usually owning a large part of it and taking the biggest risks.
  • entrepreneurA person who sees a business opportunity and starts a new company to use it, accepting financial risk in the hope of profit and growth.
  • early-stageDescribes a startup in its first phase, before strong revenue or product-market fit, or an investor who puts money into companies at this phase.
  • business modelThe way a company creates value for customers and earns money from it: who pays, what they pay for, how much and how often.
  • venture capitalMoney that professional funds invest in young, fast-growing companies in exchange for equity, accepting high risk in the hope that a few big winners pay for the losses.

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