- 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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