// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the startup say? It's boot-ing up.

Startup commonly refers to:

• Startup company, a newly emerged, fast-growing business

Startup or start-up may also refer to:

• Booting, an initialization period that computers and electronics go through when first turned on
• Project commissioning, the act of starting for the first time a technical installation
• Sign-on, when broadcasters start transmissions on a day

Geography

• Startup, Washington, a census-designated place in Snohomish County, Washington

Film and TV

• Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, a reality television series about startup companies that premiered in 2012
• Startup.com, a 2001 documentary film about the dot-com start-up phenomenon
• Start Up (2013 TV series), a 2013 American docuseries that aired on public television
• Antitrust (film), a 2001 American film also known as "Startup"
• StartUp (TV series), an American television drama series from 2016 with Martin Freeman and Ron Perlman that was released on Crackle
• StartUp (podcast), an American podcast from Gimlet Media hosted by Alex Blumberg and Lisa Chow
• Start-Up (film), a 2019 South Korean film written and directed by Choi Jung-yeol
• Startup, a 2014 Russian film about the rise of Yandex
• Start-Up (South Korean TV series), a 2020 South Korean television drama series
• Start-Up PH, a Philippine television drama series based on the South Korean drama of the same name

Other

• Start-Up (video game), a 2000 video game
• Startups.co.uk, a British website
• "Startup!", a 2014 song by South Korean boy band Boyfriend
• "Start Up", a song by Ikara Colt
• "Start Up", a song by Steve Swell
• "Start Up", a song by Scott 4 (band)