On: A Startup Shies Away from the Gig Economy

[free2rhyme214]

This is a misleading title. Redfin isn't a startup, they're a 12 year old company founded in 2004.

[eknight15 → free2rhyme214]

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. "Startup" is now synonymous with "Tech company that isn't Google, Apple, Microsoft, or Amazon."

PALANTIR IS NO LONGER A STARTUP THANK YOU http://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-employee-stock-buyba...

[discardorama → free2rhyme214]

I think a more accurate classification (from the popular journalism viewpoint) would be that a startup is a tech company that hasn't gone public yet.

[eknight15 → discardorama]

I agree, but I worked at a tech company that IPO'd in 2014, and to this day they still get referred to as a startup. E.g. Shopify, Etsy, GrubHub, Care.com, Zendesk, etc.