startupish

comparative more startupish · superlative most startupish

1. uncommonbusinessSomewhat of a startup. (a new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth)

   Leaving corporate for “startupish” tech company. 20% pay increase but fewer benefits

   2021, [deleted], Reddit

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   You can get a 56kb and possibly T1 dedicated internet connection from a local provider but I've dealt with Central Oregon local providers and found them to be "startupish".

   1999 May 20, JSP, “Lapine Modem Connections?”, in alt.culture.oregon (Usenet)

   This really depends on the field and the individual company. For a small, startupish company, you're almost guaranteed to be doing new development regardless of the field. For a large, relatively mature software company, it's much more likely that maintenance is the primary focus, unless that company is making a major push into new areas.

   2005 October 21, John Bode, “most software jobs are software maintenance rather than new development?”, in comp.software-eng (Usenet)

   Tomorrow you have a reason to look extra startupish. Our in-house photographer Yu Shen (https://www.facebook.com/YusPhotos) will be at Startup Sauna tomorrow at 1600-> to take team photographs.

   2013 July 29, Risto Vuorio, “Team photos”, in Summer of Startups (Usenet)

   Currently signed a offer for a company in the Mid-West in the construction startupish industry. Pay is around ~75000 with 10k in relocation. Living cost is very cheap so I went for it. For someone coming from the East coast, it's possibly going to be a big change for me. But I am very open to it.

   2024, Traditional-Ad-200, Reddit

   Once the Nazis were done, quite a few people started scratching their heads. Obviously one thing to baffle any sane observer was the sheer enormity of their crimes, accomplished, moreover, with frenetic, really start-upish drive and ambition in a mere 12 years: World War? Check. Genocides? Check. Bad hairstyle? Check.

   2026 April 24, Tarik Cyril Amar, “Mein AI – Palantir’s Alex Karp wants us to know he has big plans”, in RT, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2026

   Synonyms: startuppy