<p>i just became curious.</p>
<p>me and my other friends in college used to work on a website as a means to launch a business. </p>
<p>the team was supervised under the professor, and i had put the experience on my resume as "working on a student start-up company's website"</p>
<p>i didn't think deep about this until now, but can i call this a "company" since it wasn't incorporated? we used to refer the group as a start-up because this was going to be an actual business. so i didn't think deep about this when i had put it down as a start-up company.</p>
<p>if this could cause trouble, i'm meaning to talk to HR person.</p>
<p>i decided to e-mail the recruiter. this question didn’t occur to me until yesterday night.</p>
<p>I don’t know about the “legal” definitions, but company just means a group of people. If they’re doing something to make money, all the better for them.</p>
<p>Incorporated companies and non-incorporated companies are different in terms of taxation and how they are treated legally. That structure has nothing to do with the operations of the company or its validity as a “company”. You can have very large and complex non-incorporated companies, and very small and simple corporations. </p>
<p>From the standpoint of trying to show “work experience” to a college recruiter, there is no difference (unless you worked for the company in an accounting or finance role). The only potential “problem” is if you referred to the company as a “corporation” on your resume (but even that is not that big of an issue).</p>
<p>thanks for the replies. I just heard back from the recruiter. she told me i’ll have to specify this when i fill out my background check form.</p>