Let’s Unify the “Startup” Community

With the Super Bowl happening this weekend, I’ve been daydreaming of what could’ve been for the Falcons. But these daydreams get interrupted with a different thought  - just imagine showing up to an Atlanta Falcons game only to see people wearing all kinds of spelling variations:

• Atlanta Fal-cons
• Atlanta FalCons
• Atlanta Falcons
• Atlanta Fal Cons

Maybe it’s my editing background, but I can’t keep this to myself anymore. It’s time we as a community need to rally together and unite behind a small, but important detail.

We can do this, Atlanta. We can use “startup” and discard “start-up”, “StartUp”, and “start up” so we can join the legion of people and organizations who’ve assembled under this banner: Startup Weekend, Startup America, Startup America Partnership, Startup Bus, SXSW Startup Village, 500 Startups, Startup Communities by Brad Feld, and many more.

I pledge to use the spelling “startup” and hope you will, too. Who’s ready to sign the “startup” spelling pact, too? Leave a comment to show your support!

5 Comments

1. 

   Kimberly  /  February 2, 2013, 10:41 am Reply

   I’m behind you Scott! I feel the same way about nonprofit! Good luck!

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     Scott Henderson  /  February 2, 2013, 11:02 am Reply

     Thanks and I am 100% behind “nonprofit”, too!

2. 

   Aswin Natarajan  /  February 2, 2013, 10:44 am Reply

   Seconded!

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   JonnyBird  /  February 2, 2013, 11:54 am Reply

   Great post. I second as well. http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2012/12/its-startup-not-start-up-or-start-up.html

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   Johnson Cook  /  February 4, 2013, 7:51 am Reply

   Sc-ott. I LO-ve. This po-st!!!
   John-Son.