Founders Questions

I'm going through a tough position in my startup where we have to let go of one of our co-founders. It's due to several reasons and the other two co-founders (myself included) have decided that...

Co-Founder Founders Startups

asked Apr 30 '14 at 17:41

Elizabeth Hinton
2 points

What are the top reasons to have co-founders that puts solo founders at a serious disadvantage?Should someone who already has an idea and close to finishing a basic prototype spend time looking for...

Co-Founder Solo Entrepreneur Founders

asked Apr 7 '14 at 15:40

Wayne Waring
14 points

I started out with a business background and have some experience in UX design. But the technical side is not my greatest strength.Should I spend time in learning how to code? How important is it...

Founders Code Startups

asked Apr 2 '14 at 14:58

Jeffrey Pettit
19 points

I'm a non-technical founder who is going to be using contractors on ODesk to build the MVP. How do I decide on which technologies to pick?- PHP andMySQL- Rails and PostGres- Node.jsEtc.How you...

Technology Founders Odesk

asked Mar 29 '14 at 16:45

John Stinnett
4 points

What are some phrases startup founders love using that you shouldn't while pitching to investors?

Pitch Founders Investors Startups

asked Mar 8 '14 at 03:27

Earl Shellman
55 points

Lets say you're working on a startup with someone for a couple of months and they start to lose interest and aren't pulling their weight. And it has come to a point where just talking it out isn't...

Co-Founder Legal Founders Startups

asked Mar 13 '14 at 19:03

Anne Vickers
15 points

I am a software developer turned startup founder who is good at executing things. One thing I dread though is speaking in front of an audience, no matter how big or small.This is holding me back...

Pitch Founders Startups Public Speaking

asked Mar 7 '14 at 12:39

Ramon Atwood
30 points

I have sold a website of mine on Flippa for high five figures. Would that work in my favor when trying to raise money for a startup idea? Or is that too small to even matter and not worth mentioning?

Founders Seed Funding Seed Flippa

asked Mar 5 '14 at 06:06

Carla Blair
30 points

Are there any events or networking opportunities specifically for female founders in the bay area?

Networking Founders Silicon Valley Events

asked Feb 26 '14 at 18:47

Nichole Willhite
7 points

Is there any hope for a founder to sell shares between series seed and series A? After two years of getting a business off the ground with co-founders, I could use cash for family reasons. I have...

Equity Founders Stock Options Liquidity

asked Feb 21 '14 at 06:28

User30169
1 point

I am wondering if there is such a thing as a neutral, 3rd party service that provides an outside assessment to help a founding team that is ready to incorporate come to a decision on equity...

Incorporation Equity Founders Service

asked Feb 20 '14 at 21:32

Dan Newman
21 points

What's the single one best advice you have received or can give to a new founder to lead their troops? Both my co-founder and I are introverts (engineers by profession) and now will be hiring our...

Management Leadership Founders

asked Feb 5 '14 at 09:51

Anisha M
31 points

I joined an acquaintance-friend about a year ago as a co-founder on an idea he was working on. The guy I joined is someone I wasn’t super close to, but have been friendly with for quite some time....

Co-Founder Founders

asked Sep 24 '13 at 00:09

Cofounder2
6 points

I've been teaching on the side as a technical expert throughout industry for the last several years, while maintaining a full time job. I have an established an LLC for this side business. Now, I...

LLC Consulting Founders

asked Aug 16 '13 at 10:10

User27452
11 points

Hi fellow entrepreneurs, I am the person who posted this question about a conflict with my co-founder. During discussion with my attorney, I discovered that while we filed for the patents (earlier...

Legal Patent Founders Intellectual Property

asked Aug 23 '13 at 02:58

Gupshup
52 points

I'm the technical co-founder at a startup. We have soft-circled nearly 50% of our seed round, are participating in an accelerator this summer, are rapidly acquiring new users, and have been in...

Equity Founders Agreement Founders Stock Options Vesting

asked Jul 25 '13 at 00:28

Sohan Jain
6 points

I'm leaving a startup I co-founded, with some of my shares already vested. The other shareholders want me to give back more shares than specified by our vesting agreement. It does seem to make...

Co-Founder Equity Founders Investment Vesting

asked Jun 17 '13 at 22:37

Dan
26 points

We was discussing the vesting agreement with one of our investors and we proposed a time-based solution. he said that vesting shouldn't be time-based but should depend on KPIs instead. so each...

Founders Vesting

asked May 28 '13 at 09:36

Shreef
21 points

6 months ago I quit my job to start a startup with two other people. I'm the business guy. I worked full-time on the project from day No. 1, and made substantial contributions to branding, customer...

Co-Founder Equity Legal Founders Vesting

asked Apr 30 '13 at 08:23

Ileftearly
21 points

I have an entity I've been working on for roughly 4 years, the last being a real push to get it out the door. A student recently joined me and got us into a student business plan competition and we...

Equity Angel Founders Investment Stock Options

asked May 2 '13 at 22:47

User26081
6 points