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Startup glossary

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Growth & GTM

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Blitzscaling

IntermediateGrowth & GTM Startup Culture

Blitzscaling is a startup scaling strategy that deliberately prioritizes speed over efficiency in the face of uncertainty in order to win a large, valuable, winner-take-most market.

Build in public

BeginnerGrowth & GTM Startup Culture

Build in public means openly sharing the process of creating, launching, and growing a product or company while the work is still happening.

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Open-source GTM

IntermediateGrowth & GTM AI & Technical

Also called open-source go-to-market

Open-source GTM means using an open-source project as the core go-to-market engine for a commercial company.

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June 5, 2026

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