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When is a startup not a startup and why can t we agree SmartCompany

Here at StartupSmart, we spend all day every day talking about startups to those running and investing in them. But, never has an industry been more difficult to define.

The Australian government has no set definition for what constitutes a startup.

In a statement given to StartupSmart, the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science said different definitions are often used in different contexts, depending on things such as “macroeconomic analysis, policy research and program criteria”.

Image: CEA's Shelli Trung. Source: Supplied.