- You have meetings about meetings
- You have revenues and are less worried about eyeballs or page views than revenue growth
- There are people working at the company you haven't yet met
- The whiteboards are better than the mylar sheet you can buy at home depot for $20
- More than one conference room
- The board is made up of more investors than entrepreneurs
- Sales people
- A second office somewhere else on the planet
- COO
- A formalized vacation policy
- Not sure what other people at the company are doing over the weekend
- Rotten food in the fridge. (also a sign that people are beginning to think that others will take care of things)
- Printer is almost always out of paper when I go to print something (see previous point)
- Someone you randomly meet at a conference has heard of your company
- Other companies are calling your company seeking partnership
- Expense checks are doled out on schedule
- More than one floor in your office space
- Company events have become more generalized to meet the interests of the larger group
- You've become self conscious of saying "fuck" in the office
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Signs you are no longer in a startup
You wake up one day and the company you started is no longer in it's infancy. This didn't really happen overnight but somehow it feels like it. I sat down with another local entrepreneur for a cup of coffee the other day and created this list of signs that you're no longer in startup mode. That doesn't mean you don't still have a sense of urgency or passion, just that you've passed into another phase of company building and all that comes with it.
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entrepreneur,
startup
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