Start-up

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(1) Startup (or start-up, aka System startup) refers to the short period of time, or system state a computer is in, immediately after switching it on. This is also called the boot-up period.

(2) The word start-up (or startup) is also synonymous with startup company. A startup company is a company recently formed, usually till IPO.

This latter meaning rose to popularity in the late 1990s during the dotcom boom, where much stock market speculation and hype surrounded small hi-tech start-up companies seeking early IPO and promising enormous future profits. Many such start-ups started as spin-offs from university research groups.

See also

• Entrepreneurship
• Business plan
• Venture capital
• IPO
• Exit
• Silicon Valley
• Stock market bubble

External links

• InfoCog.com - Start-up business resources for an online company.

• Starting My Business- UK based business startup portal, offering free advice, company formation, business stationery/business cards, website templates, domain registration to virtual offices.

• Ocra Company Formation - Global company formation and offshore business facilitators, with a web site that offers a wealth of information to the start up entrepreneur.

• Business In Focus - Business support for start up and existing businesses. Advice, training, property and funding, with five advice centres and eight workshop sites spread throughout Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

• How To Start Up Any Business - Information they don't teach you in business school about starting your own business.

• The HARMONY Principle - Knowledge Sharing among Start-up Support Professionalists.

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