The Founder’s Dictionary: Buzzwords For Every Entrepreneur

There’s a secret language in the startup world. Once you become a founder, words that have no meaning to your regular friends suddenly mean everything to you.

When I first got stuck involved in the startup world, it was months before I had the courage to ask someone what the hell a VC was. I kept thinking it would be awesome if there was some kind of dictionary for this stuff. A cool one, you know, with great design and in an app.

Well, the infographic below is not that resource. Nope, the folks at Udemy and Column Five Media took a much lighter look at startup vernacular here. We all need to take ourselves a little less seriously, and after reading this, I bet you’ll never throw these buzzwords around without giggling a little.

For example, you thought an “angel” was an early stage investor, right? Wrong. Angels are actually the spirits of deceased founders and CEOs who may or may not dwell in the water cooler.

Or, for those of you so impressed with your iteration…turns out an iteration is really just the same product with a number after the name. I.e. iPhone5 whatever.

Check out the whole infographic below for a lighthearted look at the world we’re all living in.

 

 

The Founder
by Column Five Media.
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