working with a startup vs working for a startup

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Working with a startup' implies a collaborative relationship where you are partnering or collaborating with the startup. On the other hand, 'working for a startup' suggests that you are an employee of the startup.

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working with a startup

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase implies a collaborative relationship where you are partnering or collaborating with the startup.

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Maybe that's what working for a startup is: running halfway across the world for a new account.
Ellen, you're a startup firm with one client.
You siphoned the $4 million to invest in a startup company.
Planetary Resources, a startup for space explorations is going to put out its first space probe later this year.
It's cool. I got some buddies in Seattle that need help with a startup.
It was done in five months by a startup company of a couple of people.
And in France, there is a startup calle Compte Nickel, which is revolutionizing the banking sector.
In this case, the participation of a small enterprise or even a startup in a consortium might be an opportunity for it to gain experience.
Planetary Resources, a startup for space explorations is going to put out its first space probe later this year.
Like, usually if you raise a hundred million dollars, in a startup, like you got about five years of, of runway.
at a startup, where focus is so critical,
If you take a group of people with the right equity incentives and organize them in a startup, you can unlock human potential in a way never before possible.
Isn't that part of the romance of a startup?
Well, we're a startup company, and we're launching our very first retail store, so there's a lot of details that you'll be responsible for.
Markus was working with the Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Since I started working with Patrice.
Working with interns is always tricky.
Robin working with Gisborne could help us.
They were working with the police.
It was a pleasure working with Detroit homicide.

Alternatives:

collaborating with a startup
partnering with a startup

working for a startup

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase suggests that you are an employee of the startup.

Show examples from the web [+]

Maybe that's what working for a startup is: running halfway across the world for a new account.
Ellen, you're a startup firm with one client.
You siphoned the $4 million to invest in a startup company.
Planetary Resources, a startup for space explorations is going to put out its first space probe later this year.
It's cool. I got some buddies in Seattle that need help with a startup.
It was done in five months by a startup company of a couple of people.
And in France, there is a startup calle Compte Nickel, which is revolutionizing the banking sector.
In this case, the participation of a small enterprise or even a startup in a consortium might be an opportunity for it to gain experience.
Planetary Resources, a startup for space explorations is going to put out its first space probe later this year.
Like, usually if you raise a hundred million dollars, in a startup, like you got about five years of, of runway.
at a startup, where focus is so critical,
If you take a group of people with the right equity incentives and organize them in a startup, you can unlock human potential in a way never before possible.
Isn't that part of the romance of a startup?
Well, we're a startup company, and we're launching our very first retail store, so there's a lot of details that you'll be responsible for.
If Spruce wanted to start a startup and Maggie's heart was in the roller derby, who am I to stop them?
This is a project that we call reCAPTCHA, which is something that we started here at Carnegie Mellon, then we turned it into a startup company.
Could this little country, like a startup in a mature industry, be the spark plug that influences a 21st century of middle-class in China and India?
Breno is convinced that working for you.
Eric started working for Moon today.
Things were not working for them.

Alternatives:

employed by a startup
working at a startup

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working with a startup vs working for a startup