Conflicts Questions

Our company had an early partner that came in on the 'ground floor' and promised to one of the first hired employees. He invested money into the company for an partner's equity share (25%). A few...

Equity Conflicts Investors

asked Oct 26 '13 at 04:58

The Brock Ellis
28 points

I am a married guy in state of Florida and I am in the initial phase of my first web startup. Well, the things are not running smooth at personal level and sooner I will be getting a divorce with...

Getting Started Conflicts

asked May 11 '13 at 04:29

Coder
28 points

I work at an Oil & Gas Company in Texas and we use many 1099 contractors to get jobs done (welding, casing, and other services. I have started a side Bookkeeping/Accounting Business with very...

Conflicts Business Contractor

asked Feb 25 '13 at 14:49

Rob
6 points

What are some caveats in this situation? For example, how can I make sure my partners in both companies are happy, and there is no suspicion on their side that I'm tricking both companies to my own...

Legal Conflicts Conflict Of Interest

asked Oct 28 '12 at 03:07

Mojuba
138 points

I'm currently involved in a software start up with two other people. Abe started the company a couple years ago. He outsourced development for $100k. He's worked a lot of hours, but on a part time...

Co-Founder Equity Conflicts

asked Nov 5 '12 at 17:49

Robbie
62 points

I am currently working as a tech advisor for a start-up. We tried composing a dev team for a while, but were unable to find talented people. We got a proposal from a company to build our app,...

Outsourcing Conflicts Bootstrap

asked Aug 19 '12 at 06:52

Xananax
108 points

My "business" partner who mainly did nothing for 5 months on the business end is finally deciding to depart the business. I am still going to continue developing the business and the product. How...

Conflicts

asked Jan 3 '12 at 13:15

Bojo
8 points

We're a 2 man startup. Im tech side, hes (business) side. I'm a full-time student, put in a good 20-30 hours per week (still!) while he says hes putting in around 10.. but its really closer to...

Business Model Conflicts Problem Solving

asked Dec 3 '11 at 02:02

Meow
137 points

You are working on your startup, but you still have a fulltime job. How do you tactfully discuss your startup with your employer? Or do you even discuss it? Will this open a can of worms -...

Day Job Jobs Conflicts

asked Nov 13 '09 at 06:14

Mathaix
510 points

I started working on a SaaS application with a friend of 30 years 9 months ago. The original idea came from me and my friend/partner/CTO helped with the development of the application. Throughout...

Co-Founder Conflicts

asked Oct 18 '09 at 04:50

Arman Arami
399 points