What's with everyone wanting to have a "startup"?

>>1104014
>Why does it seem like anyone who makes an iPhone app is trying to create a startup?

because making a product and selling it is a business ?

"learning to code" and "founding a startup" are a personality accessory, like being a DJ was 5 years ago.

>>1104103
My website is going to make me rich senpai. Just wait and see.

This is why I'm not calling my business a startup. I always say "we're developing a product" or "I'm starting a business/company". The word "startup" seems to mostly fit with the Silicon Valley, "we're seeking a $500 million initial investment" image.

Mostly though, I don't want to sound like a meme. I want it to be taken seriously.

>>1104120
>The word "startup" seems to mostly fit with the Silicon Valley, "we're seeking a $500 million initial investment" image.

This is why you have startups. It's a marketing phrase. Venture capitalists want to get in on the next big company so they dump money into anything they don't understand but sounds exciting. This is why there is a venture capital bubble which is bursting.

>>1104128
Most venture capitalist are not "dumping money" into new companies simply because they call themselves a startup..

>>1104128

>I don't understand how anything works but I have very strong feelings about it