# Startup routes

URL: /code/api/startup · Id: `page:code/api/startup`

> Every Startup Verb as an api.sb route, with its inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Startup](/business/nouns/startup).

### Verbs by group
Startup has 18 Verbs. Its routes take a page per group, each listed in the sidebar under Startup.

| Group | Verbs | What they do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Records | [`create`](/code/api/startup/records#startupcreate) · [`get`](/code/api/startup/records#startupget) · [`list`](/code/api/startup/records#startuplist) · [`update`](/code/api/startup/records-update#startupupdate) · [`delete`](/code/api/startup/records-update#startupdelete) | Create, read, change and delete its records. |
| Lifecycle | [`advance`](/code/api/startup/lifecycle#startupadvance) · [`build`](/code/api/startup/lifecycle#startupbuild) · [`graduate`](/code/api/startup/lifecycle#startupgraduate) · [`launch`](/code/api/startup/lifecycle-launch#startuplaunch) · [`sell`](/code/api/startup/lifecycle-launch#startupsell) | Move it through its Lifecycle; each runs that state’s gate. |
| Other Verbs | [`claim`](/code/api/startup/verbs#startupclaim) · [`clone`](/code/api/startup/verbs#startupclone) · [`hold`](/code/api/startup/verbs#startuphold) · [`import`](/code/api/startup/verbs#startupimport) · [`pause`](/code/api/startup/verbs-pause#startuppause) · [`pivot`](/code/api/startup/verbs-pause#startuppivot) · [`read`](/code/api/startup/verbs-pause#startupread) · [`resume`](/code/api/startup/verbs-pause#startupresume) | The rest of its work. |