If startups are everywhere, what shouldn’t be a startup?
Institutions. Governing bodies or platforms, make startups possible. The copper wires of the AT&T network made internet ventures possible. The electric companies of the 1900s made appliance ventures possible. The Amsterdam exchange of 1602 made trading ship ventures possible. These institutions lay the ground rules for innovation. They protect ideas with potential and limited resources, and allow for experimentation.
A scientific, design, or financial mindset can be important to ventures. What’s more important is the ability to deal with the unknown, and create or collaborate with the budding institutions of the day to create something new.