[bcrosby95]

I tend to view tech companies as companies that consider custom tech a competitive advantage and attempt to maintain in-house competency.

If you're a grocery chain and you contract out most of your technical needs then you aren't a tech company. But if you're a grocery chain and you hire and maintain a large technical team to provide you with various custom pieces of technology, you're both a grocery chain and a tech company.

This could be any piece of tech: from custom software to custom refrigeration systems.

[beerdoggie]

This is a great way to think about it.