Startup Culture
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
The mix of speed, ambiguity, role fluidity, resource constraints, and growth pressure commonly associated with early-stage companies. The phrase can refer to genuinely empowering environments or to poorly bounded work masked as mission.
In plain English: The fast, flexible, and often intense way many startups operate.
Example: "The startup culture was energizing at first, but eventually every emergency became everyone’s emergency all the time."