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And what’s a startup anyway? (1)

June 15th, 2007 · by Heri · startups

There is a debate currently at yulstart, the wiki guide for startupping, about what kind of companies should be included. There is now a long list in the Montreal startups page, and we have now your exotic e-store, a web consulting company, and even a web portal for Boucherville who inserted themselves in the list.

I am not worried for yulstart; it’s a wiki so things should be straightened up, but here are some clues from a startup from montreal, standoutjobs:

  • they get funding – an amount only imaginable for a company that will grow exponentially,
  • they have a website even before having a physical address,
  • they have a blog before even launching and having actually a service to offer,
  • their first employee is a ruby programmer. Their second employee will be a ruby programmer. Their third employee is a programmer too. Ok i made up that last one, but you can see a pattern here.
  • they get new macbook pros before even getting office furniture

I would bet that what they would buy next would be paper pen to write with wireless routers. We sure know where the priorities are.
macbook pro apple cinema display
Empty table, empty office, just the bare minimum for startups these days: a mac and textmate. and the terminal.

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