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The foundational vocabulary every founder needs before everything else. This cluster covers what a startup actually is, the categories that distinguish them (bootstrap vs venture-backed, lifestyle vs scale-up), the support ecosystem (accelerators, incubators, agencies), the early credits and grants founders chase, and the structural concepts (founder-market fit, why startups fail) that shape every decision that follows. 21 entries.

If you're new to startup vocabulary, start here. If you're a few years in, this cluster is the conceptual baseline against which everything else is read.

What a startup is

  • [Startup], the foundational definition; not every small business is a startup.
  • [Early Stage], the spectrum from idea to product-m...

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