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apparently startup means "not being public"

because "being public" is the real "cashing out" at which point they stop "starting up". They actually begin to "shut down"

I don't recall where I read it, but this process was described best as the transition from a "start up" to an "end up"

Guess Aldi is a startup then

I guess with that definition, Europe has a lot of very valuable start ups.