When does your hobby become a startup? ๐ถ๐พ๐ค
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When you deem it to be viable ๐ซก
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But you are not wrong! It is still a valid answer to a valid question ๐ถ๐พ๐ซ๐คฃ
ChatGPT answer: A hobby becomes a startup when it evolves from personal enjoyment to a structured endeavor with the intent of growth and profit.
Basically when you decide to get serious and do all the business-y stuff. Marketing, taxes, reporting, hiring etc...
Not too bad. Damn ๐ถ๐พ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
If we are going to ask ChatGPT what is the purpose of this community?
Seriously?
When it becomes centrally planned and attempts to dictate the actions of other people ("employees").
"Startups" are the legacy way of thinking about humans organizing around shared goals.
Good point! ๐ถ๐พ๐ซ
If you build it and they come
When you are supposed to pay taxes for your hobby.
I worked at several startups and have seen them growing. Internally we stopped calling it startup as soon as the first product was widely established or some crap like this. Some startups never stopped calling them so. It's a really tricky question.