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Well, it may be 50, it may be 150, but the point is, it's probably fine to call a company of 10 a startup, and it's absurd to call a Google or Facebook a startup.

Which leaves open the question of what to call Dropbox. Well funded, profitable, late-stage startup? Sounds like too much of a mouthful.



You could call it a company, but that doesn't quite have the same rock-star ninja cachet...


    Which leaves open the question of what to call 
    Dropbox. Well funded, profitable, late-stage 
    startup?
They are a successful business. What matter does it make if they are a start up or not or how you define them in 1 sentence?




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