Definitions Questions


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What is the difference between a USP and a slogan?

What's the difference between a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) and a slogan? I'm thinking the USP is more descriptive. I have a slogan that I think is really catchy and descriptive in...

asked Mar 24 '11 at 01:40
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Nick
1,171 points

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2 Answers
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What's the difference between customer, client, user and consumer?

My company sells fee-based online services in addition to a free basic online service and product. How would one call an entity subscribed for a free service and distinguishably name another that...

asked Mar 5 '11 at 15:20
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Gennady Vanin Novosibirsk
133 points

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What's the difference between a retailer, dealer and trader?

What's the difference between a retailer, dealer and trader? Do they all mean the same thing? Are they all buying goods from distributors and selling them to consumers, and therefore at the end...

asked Jan 26 '11 at 03:08
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Tim
101 points

9 Votes
18 Answers
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At what point is a startup no longer a 'startup'

Is it revenue, profit, number of staff, does it even matter? If you've been at the coal face for a good 4 to 5 years do potential investors want to hear that you're still in startup mode -...

asked Nov 5 '09 at 13:44
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User952
46 points

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4 Answers
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How do you define a startup?

I'm curious what peoples definitions are of a startup company? When does a company cease to simply be a startup? Does it have to be tech related?

asked Oct 12 '09 at 17:17
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Big Startups
124 points

7 Votes
4 Answers
4.03K Views
What is the difference between a VC and an Angel?

What is the difference between a VC and an Angel?

asked Oct 14 '09 at 14:37
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Jason
152 points