Founders Questions

I'm a non-technical founder who is hiring my first employee, a Ruby on Rails engineer. While I'm great at execution on the business end, I'm clueless when it comes to the actual tech that my...

Hiring Interviews Founders Non Technical Engineers

asked Jun 12 '15 at 00:11

Mary Gould
12 points

I started my company from scratch and found a technical co-founder to build my product. So I managed to hustle in order to find this guy, who was working in a company. He started working for me...

Co-Founder Equity Founders

asked Aug 30 '14 at 10:43

User34129
1 point

What's the biggest failure you had while building a startup and what was the take away?

Success Founders Failure Learning Startups

asked Jun 16 '14 at 21:25

Verdell Smith
22 points

Almost no one gets to realize their metrics of success when they launch their startup. It's a long, arduous journey which no one anticipates until they launch their product, only to find that...

Motivation Solo Entrepreneur Founders Startups Execution

asked Jul 9 '14 at 15:58

Robert Pankratz
11 points

I'm the business co-founder in our startup and creating processes to keep things running smoothly and being able to focus on sales.Should startups have a process in the place for hiring? If so,...

Recruiting Founders Business Startups Process

asked Jul 21 '14 at 15:03

Ralph Setzer
9 points

I'm currently a purely technical founder who is working on a SaaS application.What kind of skills should I also be learning on the side to become a better solo founder and make my startup a...

Solo Entrepreneur Founders Learning Skill Startups

asked Jul 25 '14 at 20:27

Lois Cooper
7 points

As a founder of a few apps, I always get caught up in redesigning or recoding an entire app from scratch.Sometimes it's because I'm not satisfied with the first iteration (or have been staring at...

CTO Motivation Development Founders Developers

asked Aug 29 '14 at 15:29

David Ponder
17 points

Between me and my 5 other co-founders, we are deciding who will hold the CEO position. It has come down to me and another founder. I was told from one of my other founders that they thought I...

Founders Agreement Founders Agreements CEO Titles

asked Sep 19 '14 at 19:25

User34135
11 points

It turns out that most new founders that get seed funded usually get their foot in the VC door via: Recommended by someone Worked at a well known company like Google or FB Went to an ivy league...

Networking Venture Capital Founders Seed Funding Startups

asked May 19 '15 at 21:14

Juan Bourg
11 points

I am an engineer turned founder who is having a tough time coming out of my introverted shell. It's a barrier that I'm trying to overcome in order to finally hire my first employee and possibly...

Personality Founders Startups

asked May 20 '15 at 15:42

Morgan Skeen
11 points

What's the most challenging problem you faced in your business and had to make a critical decision?Mine was accepting that our niche wasn't big enough (due to lack of due diligence done before...

Strategy Decision Founders Problem Solving Startups

asked Jun 14 '15 at 15:11

Melvin Jordan
51 points

We are five engineering students, going to start up a company. As there are many competitor companies in the market, we were looking for an investor to start very big. Fortunately, we found an...

Founders Investors

asked Aug 7 '12 at 01:00

Akshat Nigam
50 points

What are some ways to cope with working long hours 7 days a week on your startup? I have been working day and night for the last 3 months and it has taken a hefty toll on my health and well being.I...

Motivation Work Life Founders Inspiration Health

asked Jul 17 '14 at 13:56

Sheldon Echols
11 points

For bootstrapped startups, what are the most common mistakes that "newbie" founders make?

Founders Startups

asked Jun 4 '14 at 14:11

Phillip Anderson
6 points

I am looking to raise our first round of capital from angels. My question might seem like I'm not fully invested in my startup, but I am. With a family at home, my days of working 80+ hours a week...

Venture Capital Founders Investors

asked May 29 '14 at 16:33

Thomas Dunham
12 points

Once you raise a few rounds of capital, your equity ownership most likely gets diluted to a minority stake. There is nothing that stops the board from firing the founder at this point. How do you...

Board Equity Founders Financial Dilution

asked May 27 '14 at 23:13

Joshua Propp
11 points

We made a hiring mistake and need to terminate an employee. It's one of the hardest things I've come across as this will be a first. What the best way to gently let go of someone who isn't the...

Termination Employees Founders Human Resources Startup

asked May 25 '14 at 20:43

Dorothy Taylor
16 points

Assuming a startup raised a round smaller than $500K, what should the founder's salary be? The startup is located in San Francisco, so the cost of living is pretty high. Would angel investors be...

Salary Founders Investors Angel Investors Startups

asked May 22 '14 at 12:57

Sylvia Rubio
12 points

What are all the tools you are using for your startups this week? It's interesting to see what other founders are using, and a good way to discover new tools.Here are mine: Google...

Software Tools Founders Startups

asked May 12 '14 at 13:26

Jeannie Smith
12 points

When you are a solo founder with no employees, what do you do to avoid procrastination and always be executing? I have tried blocking access to all time-wasting sites in my router. But how do you...

Solo Entrepreneur Founders

asked May 5 '14 at 13:20

Latonya Schindler
21 points