---
title: Start up vs Big Company
date: '2016-11-08T00:00:00+00:00'
url: https://www.abhinav.co/startup-and-its-people
summary: A company stops being a startup when it can succeed without its people succeeding,
  or when its people can succeed without the company succeeding.
tags:
- Startup
- Startups
author: Abhinav Saxena
---

# Start up vs Big Company

Your company is no longer a startup if it can succeed without its people succeeding or its people can succeed without it succeeding. First thing happens when your company has people who are no longer needed, second thing happens when you have unnecessary bureaucracy in your company.