Too Long; Didn't Read
A <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startup" target="_blank">Startup</a> or any company is an economically viable business model. It makes a product or delivers a service where the income > expense and the company moves on successfully. Every company strives to get here. Some reach there quickly (profitable in a short while say before 2–3 years), some never reach there (all companies fail when they run out of money), some take amazingly long time before they reach there with style (Amazon is probably the best example). I don’t want to talk about this <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/economy" target="_blank">economy</a>.