# States

URL: /business/lifecycle/states · Id: `page:business/lifecycle/states`

> Every Lifecycle state a Startup enters, with the checks that admit it.

A [Startup](/business/nouns/startup) enters each state when its entry checks pass.

| State | Entry checks | Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Idea](/business/lifecycle/states/idea) | 2 | [Building](/business/lifecycle/states/building) |
| [Building](/business/lifecycle/states/building) | 5 | [Live](/business/lifecycle/states/live), [Dormant](/business/lifecycle/states/dormant) |
| [Live](/business/lifecycle/states/live) | 16 | [Repeatable](/business/lifecycle/states/repeatable), [Hold](/business/lifecycle/states/hold), [Graduate](/business/lifecycle/states/graduate), [Sell](/business/lifecycle/states/sell), [Dormant](/business/lifecycle/states/dormant), [Building](/business/lifecycle/states/building) |
| [Repeatable](/business/lifecycle/states/repeatable) | 11 | [Scale](/business/lifecycle/states/scale), [Hold](/business/lifecycle/states/hold), [Graduate](/business/lifecycle/states/graduate), [Sell](/business/lifecycle/states/sell), [Dormant](/business/lifecycle/states/dormant) |
| [Scale](/business/lifecycle/states/scale) | 4 | [Hold](/business/lifecycle/states/hold), [Graduate](/business/lifecycle/states/graduate), [Sell](/business/lifecycle/states/sell) |
| [Hold](/business/lifecycle/states/hold) | 1 | [Repeatable](/business/lifecycle/states/repeatable), [Scale](/business/lifecycle/states/scale), [Graduate](/business/lifecycle/states/graduate), [Sell](/business/lifecycle/states/sell), [Dormant](/business/lifecycle/states/dormant) |
| [Graduate](/business/lifecycle/states/graduate) | 1 | None. |
| [Sell](/business/lifecycle/states/sell) | 6 | None. |
| [Dormant](/business/lifecycle/states/dormant) | 1 | [Live](/business/lifecycle/states/live) |