What is the Startup Dictionary
The Startup Dictionary is a comprehensive dictionary of the most frequently used terms in the Startup space. Examples of terms include:
- Accredited Investor
- Acqui-Hire
- Advisory Board
- Affiliate Marketing
- Angel Financing
- Angel Investor
- Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
- Anti-Dilution Clause
- Articles of Incorporation
- Articles of Organization
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Authorized Shares
- Balance Sheet
- B2B (Business to Business
- B2C (Business to Consumer)
- Board of Directors
- Bootstrapping (in the Context of Business)
- Bridge Loan
- Burn Rate
- Business Plan (for Startups
- Bylaws
- C Corporation
- Capital Gain
- Capitalization Table
- Cash Flow Statement
- CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
- CFO (Chief Financial Officer
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Chatbot
- ChatGPT (incl. ChatGPT 4.5)
- CMO (Chief Marketing Officer)
- Common Stock
- COO (Chief Operating Officer)
- Confidentiality & Invention Assignment Agreement
- Content Marketing
- Corporation
- Corporate Venture Capital
- Crowdfunding
- CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
- Current Assets
- Current Liabilities
- Customer Acquisition Cost
- Customer Lifetime Value
- D&O Insurance
- DBA
- Debenture
- Debt
- Demand Registration Rights
- Demo Day
- Dilution (in the Context of Business)
- Dividend
- Domain Name
- Down Round
- Drag-Along Rights
- Due Diligence
- EBITDA
- E-Commerce
- Elevator Pitch
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Employment Agreement
- Entrepreneur
- Equity
- Executive Summary
- Exercise Price (AKA Strike Price)
- Exit Strategy (In Context of a Startup)
- Expected Annual Activity
- Financing
- Founder's Agreement
- Fundraising
- Generative AI
- Go To Market Strategy
- Income Statement
- Incorporation
- Incubator
- Information Rights
- Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- Intellectual Property
- Joint Venture
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Liquidation Preference
- LLC
- Limited Partnership
- Lock Up Period
- Market Capitalization
- Merger
- Minimum Viable Product
- Net Income
- No Shop Clause
- Non-Compete Agreement
- Non-Solicitation Agreement
- Operating Agreement
- Operating Budget
- Participating Preferred Stock
- Patent
- Piggyback Registration Rights
- Pitch Deck
- Placement Agent
- Post-Money Valuation
- Preferred Stock in Venture Capital Backed Companies
- Pre-Money Valuation
- Private Company
- Private Equity
- Private Placement
- Private Placement Memorandum
- Reg D (SEC Regulation D)
- Registration Rights
- Representations and Warranties
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Revenue
- Right of First Refusal Run Rate
- Run Rate
- Runway (for Businesses)
- S Corporation
- Saas
- SAFE Note
- Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
- Securities
- SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
- SEO
- Seed Financing
- Series A, B, and C Funding Rounds
- Serial Entrepreneur
- Shareholder
- Shareholder Agreement
- Side Hustle
- Startup Accelerator
- Startup
- Stealth Mode
- Stock
- Stock Options
- Stock Option Pool
- Sweat Equity
- Tagalong Rights
- Term Sheet
- Trademark
- Trade Secret
- Unicorn in the Context of Business
- Valuation
- Venture Capital
- Venture Capital Firm
- Venture Debt
- Vesting
- Voting Rights
- Warrant (In Business)
- Working Capital
- Y Combinator
Each term contains an overview, examples, key features, benefits, limitations, and a summary.
