I don't think I used the terms "app" and "startup" interchangeably, I was specifically trying to distinguish "profitable business" from "webapp".
Also, we've all got our pet definitions of words, and HN does around words like "startup" in particular, but HN mythology notwithstanding, any new business is by definition "starting up". Even under the "compress your working life into four years" notion that is popularly tied to the word "startup" here, I'm not sure how "single founder" implies "not a startup."
Hope that doesn't come out wrong. I sincerely appreciate your feedback.
Just for the record:
I don't think I used the terms "app" and "startup" interchangeably, I was specifically trying to distinguish "profitable business" from "webapp".
Also, we've all got our pet definitions of words, and HN does around words like "startup" in particular, but HN mythology notwithstanding, any new business is by definition "starting up". Even under the "compress your working life into four years" notion that is popularly tied to the word "startup" here, I'm not sure how "single founder" implies "not a startup."
Hope that doesn't come out wrong. I sincerely appreciate your feedback.