eric ries, in his book The Lean Startup, defines it as follows:
"A startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty."
so lets see. Is this website a human institution? Probably. If its not, it certainly passed the Turing test.
Is it designed to create a new product or service? not really. Its selling stickers that the user has the ability to customize. This isn't all that new or original of a concept.
Is it doing so under extreme uncertainty? I would say not. This is selling a product that there is already known demand for. It is not extremely uncertain if there is a market for their product.
So my 2 cents is that this is not a "start up" but rather merely a new web business. Still, good for them! May the Force be with them, and may they find beautiful solutions to their problems.
Hehe nice analysis!
Basically i just used the word "startup" because for me it just means having great ambitions and try to do them with a few people (in a web world).
eric ries, in his book The Lean Startup, defines it as follows:
"A startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty."
so lets see. Is this website a human institution? Probably. If its not, it certainly passed the Turing test.
Is it designed to create a new product or service? not really. Its selling stickers that the user has the ability to customize. This isn't all that new or original of a concept.
Is it doing so under extreme uncertainty? I would say not. This is selling a product that there is already known demand for. It is not extremely uncertain if there is a market for their product.
So my 2 cents is that this is not a "start up" but rather merely a new web business. Still, good for them! May the Force be with them, and may they find beautiful solutions to their problems.