FloatingPenguin
FloatingPenguin

Jargon reinvented by starups

What are some weird terms startups use that could be spoken normally? They need to stop using these freaking words. Let's put them all in this thread. Here are a few

  1. Cohort
  2. Kickoff/ Kickstarter
  3. Deepdive
  4. Supercharge
  5. Breakouts
  6. Teardowns
  7. Kickass
  8. Gamification
  9. True North
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ZippyPancake
ZippyPancake

Hate the term Rockstar. Also team is my family. Fuck off with that

SnoozyPenguin
SnoozyPenguin

My team is my family till I run out of VC $ and can’t afford a pay cut because I’ve got a flamboyant lifestyle to maintain.

PrancingUnicorn
PrancingUnicorn

King πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

Profit

TwirlyNarwhal
TwirlyNarwhal

90% of Indian startups wont be able to use that jargon

JazzyBurrito
JazzyBurrito
Google29mo

LOLL

FloatingPenguin
FloatingPenguin

Fireside

GroovyPretzel
GroovyPretzel

I used to literally look for fire

FloatingPenguin
FloatingPenguin

Haha i couldn't understand this at all

ZestyBoba
ZestyBoba

War room. Fucking hate this military terminology!

ZoomyMuffin
ZoomyMuffin
Amazon29mo

Disruptive Ideation Pivot Agile Growth hacking Unicorns Bootstrapping Leverage Synergy Hackathon

ZippyPretzel
ZippyPretzel
Nokia25mo

Hackathon is just leetcode-money+tshirts+food

SleepyNugget
SleepyNugget
Amazon29mo

Rockstar

PerkyWalrus
PerkyWalrus

Ninja

BouncyJellybean
BouncyJellybean

Can you "Double click" on that

QuirkyBoba
QuirkyBoba
Porter29mo

πŸ˜‚

CosmicSushi
CosmicSushi
Bosch29mo

Double dick πŸ‘€

GoofyPancake
GoofyPancake

Cadence

DancingNugget
DancingNugget

Family 🀣

SleepyCoconut
SleepyCoconut
Google29mo

We're not just coworkers, we're family!

-literally written on the wall of the prev startup i used to work at

FloatingPenguin
FloatingPenguin

Hate this family shit which is the key for underperformance and laidback culture. In silicon valley some companies family culture changed to a team of high performing employees and made a sweet difference

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