Co-Founder Questions

I've been having so much trouble finding a programmer to work with. I don't have the money to pitch out to hire a developer, I've tried and failed to code on my own, and I rarely get responses from...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Apr 1 '11 at 15:27

User9107
36 points

I really wonder how do you hire your first employees if you were working on an internet startup alone. I really wonder if there are experienced people which started their startup alone and expand...

Co-Founder Human Resources Team Internet Hire

asked Apr 6 '11 at 14:08

To Rr0t
69 points

So I started building this company back in January, completely on my own. I knew there would be a lot of work to be done, so just recently I told a PHP buddy about the site. He got really excited...

Co-Founder Founders

asked Apr 7 '11 at 23:54

Edit This
88 points

There are some excellent posts on how to select a co-founder and what qualities you should look for. I firmly believe in 'try it out', and have been for about 5 months. In that time I've also come...

Co-Founder Team Partnerships Communication

asked Mar 29 '11 at 10:51

Rsg
313 points

I have worked about an year on my startup website and I found that I need co-founder that would be able to sell ice to the eskimo nation online (online: marketing, sale and PR. But more of manager...

Marketing Networking Co-Founder

asked Mar 16 '11 at 10:13

Mat Banik
325 points

What problems did you run into form the point where you started your search for co-founder to the point where you struck a deal. Also what are some good ideas that would make the process...

Co-Founder Search Problem

asked Mar 17 '11 at 10:33

Mat Banik
325 points

I am thinking of creating a startup and want to allocate stock to various co-founders. Is there any sort of system for knowing how many shares to create of a new company?

Co-Founder Stock Options

asked Mar 21 '11 at 04:48

Zachary K
208 points

I have deep knowledge and experience in a specific industry. I can identify a web based business model that has been successfully deployed in another industry that I believe would be applicable to...

Co-Founder

asked Mar 13 '11 at 08:06

Mike Walsh
745 points

When you're a young and relatively inexperienced founder, should age be a factor in choosing a co-founder (or in deciding if you need a co-founder at all)? Does having someone on board who's...

Co-Founder

asked Mar 14 '11 at 04:44

Aks
36 points

I have a company share proposal for co-founders of a web-application startup. I would like to if the structure makes sense, or if anyone can suggest a more suitable structure, which has the desired...

Board Co-Founder Equity Compensation

asked Feb 25 '11 at 06:03

Michael Parks
3 points

First time posting to this Q&A so please be kind! I and a partner are looking to build a web community. However, my partner and I are both business folks. We understand to build a successful...

Co-Founder Technology Equity Technical

asked Feb 11 '11 at 01:55

Li Zhou
323 points

I am working on a startup idea, and currently I am taking it solo. I would very much like to have 1-2 other people to work on it with me. I am a programmer, and I would like a 2nd programmer, and...

Co-Founder Founders Team

asked Feb 15 '11 at 14:11

Zachary K
208 points

I'm a biz dev & marketing guy with a development background and about a year ago I started coding an idea. It took shape and I mentioned it to an ex-colleague / friend. He was extremely unhappy...

Bootstrapped Co-Founder Equity

asked Jan 30 '11 at 11:37

Dinosaur Jr
11 points

Three sentence history: I was brought in on an opportunity by the original "idea" person. After trying out a few others, there ended up being a total of three of us. The initial project was going...

Co-Founder Equity Negotiation

asked Jan 14 '11 at 10:34

Matt
180 points

I have an idea for a very niche/boutique slightly naughty chocolate product to be sold online, but I am not sure how to approach it. The product will require moulding/shaping chocolate into a...

Co-Founder Strategy

asked Jan 25 '11 at 06:41

Ivan Zlatev
216 points

Warren Buffet says, "Hire people based on Passion,Intelligence and Integrity." People's passion is visible in the first meeting, and intelligence comes out in a couple of hours in a discussion, but...

Co-Founder Hiring

asked Jan 5 '11 at 07:55

Syed
445 points

In my earlier venture attempts, the scenario was something like 3 guys, each of whom would get 33.3%. I found out soon that this was silly because as soon as one of us lost interest, he could do...

Co-Founder Employees Investment Compensation

asked Jan 8 '11 at 03:38

John Berryman
388 points

I'm a cofounder at a startup. One thing I have been thinking about alot lately is time tracking. I usually spend the day at the office, and then I get home and continue to work on more stuff. I...

Co-Founder Time Management

asked Dec 23 '10 at 17:13

Alex Cook
641 points

I am writing to describe my entrepreneurial venture and seek your comments on what I should expect for myself as the new company gets started. My colleague of many years at my previous company (a...

Co-Founder Equity Compensation

asked Dec 8 '10 at 00:51

Aaron Smothers
56 points

After successfully building an online business as sole proprietor, I decided register my company as Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) company. Now we are two partners. How will we share the...

Funding Co-Founder

asked Dec 9 '10 at 17:16

User5879
9 points