Ask HN: Definition of "startup"? Business entity required?

[igneous4]

Does creating a "startup" entail creating a real business entity (such as an LLC), including tax id number, special bank account, and so forth?

Or does simply putting an interesting webapp online with a plan to make money qualify as a "startup"?

[rick888]

I think many people say they have a startup, when in reality, they just have a webapp. A startup should be a business (which might involve a webapp or service).

[maxdemarzi]

A project to deliver a product or service cradled with uncertainty.

[niktrix]

"These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets " wikipedia .

before internet become popular there was no concept startup , when jobs was making lisa in garage he didnt called that startup.