PS: we know puxxle, we existed before them and there's no user generated content on puxxle.
PS: we know puxxle, we existed before them and there's no user generated content on puxxle.
The difference between a startup and a business is that a startup is usually trying to solve a problem (often through the use of technology, a.k.a. hi-tech) in the hope that the "invention" pays off. These sorts of high risk businesses often don't get loans from banks. That's where investors come in.
So, as pfisch is saying, selling stickers on the Internet is not a startup.
I hope you guys do well. It looks like a well executed project.
Did you guys take VC money or something? This just looks like a normal business to me. I mean I run a small business that makes mobile apps. Is that a start up as well? Is any kind of business with a website that sells something a start up?
Would this company be more of a startup if their website was powered with a custom made app written in Erlang on the backend and Haxe on the frontend? ...
Would this company be more of a startup if they could lure some VCs to invest in them? ...
Please come back to earth and provide constructive comments, or better arguments, like pan69 did [1].