Definition of "startup" []

• The act or process of starting a process or machine (noun)
• A new organization or business venture (noun)

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• "Commonly, when we think of the word startup, we think of those "two guys in a garage" tinkering, inventing, and changing the world."
• "He left to join what he called a startup, which I later discovered was eight years old."
• "That said, I know first hand how difficult this can be – the last thing we want as a small startup is a lot of back and forth with lawyers."