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Do you speak start-up? An entrepreneurial vocab quiz.

鈥淥nce we pivot, we鈥檙e likely to have a good seed round with angels so we can finally disrupt the tech business. Let鈥檚 just hope we鈥檙e not ramen-profitable, haha!鈥�

Did that sentence sound like gibberish to you? If you鈥檙e not in the start-up world, it likely would. Start-ups are filled with their own jargon, buzzwords, and colloquialisms popularized by an explosive tech scene and the esoteric communities it functions within. But with many start-ups making an appearance in our daily lives (Facebook, Snapchat, Air BnB) you may know more of the language than you think.

So here is the challenge: can you translate the start-up world to our own? Take this quiz to see if you speak the start-up slang.

11. Define: exit

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Tesla Motors Inc. demonstrates its new battery swapping program in Hawthorne, Calif. in June 2013. The 2013 Tesla Model S offers a panoramic roof, XM Satellite radio, and a tech package for drivers looking to add special features to their car 鈥斅燽ut you'll have to pay for it, Ingram says.

When someone is so fed up with the politics, money, failures, and irregularity of the start-up business that they dramatically leave to work in an entirely different sector.

When a start-up is acquired by a larger company or files for an initial public offering (IPO)鈥攅ssentially how a company 鈥渃ashes out鈥� on its investment.

When an investor who initially expressed marked interest in a product, but later backs out without any explanation as to why.

When a failed start-up founder suddenly disappears on worldwide travels in search of 鈥渉im/herself,鈥� a la Steve Jobs after he was fired from Apple.

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