Risk Questions

Hi all, let me give you a brief run down of my case: a couple of other people and I are thinking about creating a technology startup for a niche marketing product. It would involve an initial ~8...

Risk Equity Investment Partners Salaries

asked Oct 24 '14 at 06:46

Awasaba
11 points

I have a software product and one enterprise client accounts for over 70% of my revenues right now. Is that a huge negative for investors? How can I mitigate that risk?Our goal is to use the money...

Risk Monetization Enterprise Investors

asked Mar 17 '14 at 16:48

David Harman
20 points

I hear stories all the time about entrepreneurs who take out a second mortgage to start a business, run their personal credit cards through the roof, and put a whole lot on the line for success....

Risk Career Personal

asked Oct 21 '09 at 14:46

Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

First about my background: I have been programming and consulting for 15 years, with expertise in C#, Asp.net, t-sql, Pl/sql, JavaScript, and to a lesser degree Java, Python, NodeJs etc... I would...

Getting Started Incorporation Risk Equity

asked Oct 31 '13 at 22:25

Beer Drinker
13 points

My startup is a marketplace for compute time (a crowd-sourced alternative to Amazon EC2/Web Services), where buyers can rent computer time via the internet by the hour. Ideally I'd like to...

Risk Customers Payments

asked Sep 17 '13 at 02:54

Steve
310 points

It reduces the risk for the entrepreneur but I also came across the complementary view that it might offer the angel/VC an added level of protection. How does that work?

Risk Insurance Equity Angel

asked Apr 19 '13 at 01:10

Moonstar2001
186 points

There is a project that a company wants us to build, so we now have the opportunity to start our company with a customer that will pay for our modules/app. How do you evaluate the risk? There are...

Risk

asked Nov 24 '11 at 11:09

Tyoc213
41 points

I am starting an internet business I have enough traffic of my estimation and I am currently earning through to Google adsense program now I faced a question What are the major risks that can...

Risk Business Model

asked Sep 16 '11 at 06:53

Gimp
427 points

I am running a start-up business in Denmark. Denmark is not a part of the Euro, but the currency has been pegged to the Euro for many years. I believe that there is a significant risk of a collapse...

Risk Finance Currency

asked Jun 18 '11 at 03:04

David
1,567 points

I plan on creating a site that allows the clients to (without signing up) "swap" a certain amount of BitCoins. In short though, it is just an online currency. Basically, the client would send in x...

Risk Legal

asked May 28 '11 at 03:43

Xan
118 points

I'm a programmer and developer - and that is what i'm good at, although i do have some self-claimed ( :) ) Entrepreneur skills and Managerial traits since i'm already running a Web Development...

Risk Decision Partnerships

asked Feb 22 '11 at 16:48

User7962
6 points

I have a startup and I have LOTS of risks; 1) Companies suing me because of internal politics 2) My software is running on a corporate server, which I have no control over and if this goes down I...

Risk Insurance

asked Nov 25 '10 at 00:05

David
1,567 points

We have started an online lending library for Children's books in India. As with any lending library we send books to our members home. As with lent any items they can get damaged, lost in...

India Risk Insurance

asked May 23 '10 at 23:50

Hariraj
161 points

I like the lean startup approach and our company has been set up to minimise its fixed costs. So we have one founder (me) "inside" but our development team, finance partner, attorney etc is...

Founder Risk Insurance

asked May 27 '10 at 18:45

Stealth
76 points

Something I've always wondered is: does the risk of a startup failing to make profit decrease as as the individual/team tries more and more startup ideas? If I had 10 distinct ideas and tried each...

Risk

asked May 11 '10 at 00:24

Jonathanconway
116 points

I have begun developing packaged software for pharmaceutical manufacturers. A BIG customer asked me "what if I install your software and your company is no more after 3 years?" I am sure other...

Risk

asked Mar 26 '10 at 01:25

Noname
111 points

I'd love to hear personal stories around this one. I know people who have lived on credit cards for months, incurring quite a bit of debt while they're out looking for funding (big risk). I also...

Risk

asked Dec 28 '09 at 11:07

Brianz
223 points

I have been approached by someone, who I'll call "Big Executive", who is recruiting a small number of people for a Startup. My particular role would be 1 of a few to develop a software system. I've...

Co-Founder Risk

asked Nov 11 '09 at 21:29

Dan Mc Grath
118 points

My startup is working on a consumer product (manufacture, sell, ship), where we have developed a really great improvement over our competitors. We have patent pending status, and will be entering...

Funding Risk Patent

asked Nov 13 '09 at 04:33

Michael
250 points

For those that are running profitable ventures, some amount of cash reserves are necessary to: Smooth out the variability of cash flows Be prepared for emergencies such as an office flood or a...

Risk Finance

asked Oct 25 '09 at 16:34

Oleg Barshay
2,091 points