What are the conditions to be considered a technology company? Which are necessary and which are sufficient? Do we have any we can all reasonably agree with? Is it the development of software products? What about development of hardware products? Embracing technology in product development? Heavy investment in research and development? A platform which aggregates other providers' products and collects a fee? A company which derives most or all of its revenue from digital advertising? A business model with fixed costs and high margin? The ability to scale superlinearly compared to development costs? A company with free snacks, cafeterias, a game room and kambucha on tap? A company that software engineers think is cool and hip?
A tech company is any company that employs at least one engineer and wants a 7x multiple
That includes the majority of pharma research companies; would you agree they are tech companies?
I would agree they want to be considered as such
All revenue comes from selling software and/or hardware to customers.
Risky business being first commenter from WeWork
I definitely know what’s NOT a tech company..