But a start-up venture, Butterfly.net Inc., has decided to have a little fun with grids - in computer games.

Because of that two-prong approach, most of the fund's companies, while small, are not start-up ventures.

Its objective is to help the development of start-up ventures in electronics and IT.

- which is now routinely part of the planning for start-up ventures that have yet to sell their first product.

The three white supervisors opposed to the bonds said the county had no business guaranteeing start-up ventures with taxpayer money.

DeLorean was a start-up venture and it took a gamble.

He described the country as a thriving start-up venture in democratic capitalism.

But since most are start-up ventures, it is still early to predict how this field will sort out.

Others are between companies and university researchers, or the small start-up ventures often set up to commercialize some discovery made on campus.

While most companies are concerned about losing experienced people to start-up ventures, Lucent has taken a somewhat different approach.