Startups Questions

Hi , Me and two of my friends are opening a retail space in order to rental out nail booths. If we have 8+ booths and are charging about $400+ monthly rent ( not sure if you need this info) how...

Venture Capital Business Model Startups

asked Jul 29 '20 at 06:20

Sey S
1 point

There are several things that are needed for a SaaS startup from a legal standpoint: Privacy policy Terms of service Contracts How can a bootstrap startup do these without spending money on a...

Getting Started Legal Legal Documents Startups

asked Aug 29 '14 at 15:55

John Jackson
7 points

What are some of the potential market sizing techniques for a rather unconventional idea (app for something which is not online)?

Strategy Market Analysis Market Research Startup Startups

asked Mar 21 '20 at 06:12

Vipin Kv
1 point

I am new to the game. How do I get investment? Will having an almost working mobile application help when it comes to investors taking me seriously. I am a developer by trade. 5% of the work is...

Venture Capital Startups

asked Dec 7 '14 at 15:21

User34199
46 points

Almost any education related website sees a spike when school is in and then traffic drops off (by over half in my case) when school it out. How do other startups deal with seasonal traffic, and...

Revenue Education Startups

asked May 2 '14 at 00:55

Lakisha Black
14 points

I have been offered to exercise some of the stock option for a AG company in Germany. I would like to know if could make sense to exercise early in order to avoid short term capital gains tax. I...

Startups

asked Apr 2 '19 at 17:07

Andrea Radello
1 point

What are examples of top managers/engineers to leave a company in favor of their own startup in the same market niche?

Startups

asked Feb 20 '19 at 07:16

Денис Кулагин
1 point

I'm interested in joining an early stage startup and have a question regarding what is the expected equity I should be offered. This is the scenario:1. The startup has a single founder who is the...

CTO Equity Startups

asked Dec 12 '18 at 00:02

SWlkz
1 point

We are totally new startup in India and the only documents we have are: 1) Identity proof of owner 2) PAN of owner 3) Rent agreement of office We wish to carry out all the transactions in the...

Finance Bank Bank Account Entrepreneurship Startups

asked Nov 2 '18 at 22:33

Greengoblin
1 point

From your own startups experience, who was the one to manage the first developers hired? Why? And also was it a techy startup and how many founders you had / what their roles at the...

Management Team Developers Startups

asked Aug 29 '17 at 14:39

Arnold Aaron
6 points

I have a Delaware entity with full control and I brought a partner that I gave about 45% of the outstanding shares. My partner did not like how I ran the business and left. The original business...

Funding Partnerships Dilution Startups Share Percentage

asked Apr 26 '18 at 00:10

Nick Flynn
1 point

Couldn't find a Jobs section on Bright Journey. Maybe there should be a section here where startups can post their openings.Which early stage startups are hiring software engineers in the Boston area?

Hiring Boston Startups

asked Mar 19 '14 at 01:14

Steve Halsted
45 points

Long story short, I am bootstrapping a start up venture and I am funding it through full time employment. We are close to launch, and we want to avoid going to VC in order to retain 100% equity. I...

Career Bootstrap Startups

asked Oct 3 '15 at 01:01

User34199
46 points

What makes some pre-launch sites great? There is a lot of talk about beginning to market your site well before launch. How does one do that on a "coming soon" page?Most of the pages I've seen just...

Marketing Launch Startups

asked Jun 10 '14 at 12:44

Michael Strunk
19 points

Is it worth worrying about branding principles (name, logo, slogan, etc) when launching your app? Or should that come afterwards once you get some customers?One issue is that renaming a company...

Marketing Logo Branding Slogan Startups

asked May 21 '15 at 10:13

Brian Flores
7 points

I'm a non-technical founder who has been able to get by with outsourced consultants on ODesk for a while.But now that revenues are growing, I want to hire one or two PHP coders onsite. I've posted...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Startups Software Engineers

asked Jun 9 '14 at 18:10

Sonya Dave
24 points

Which is better for explaining your product on the homepage? There is a trend of having videos above the fold on the homepage that explains your startup.Maybe I'm biased by my own usage patterns,...

Video Conversion Landing Page Startups

asked Jun 11 '14 at 18:40

Timothy Lund
12 points

I guess the common term for this in the valley would be to pivot.If we raised money from angel investors, and it turned out the startup isn't going to succeed, could we pivot the company to a...

Ideas Pivot Angel Investors Startups

asked Jun 15 '14 at 19:13

Kent Campbell
17 points

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

We would love feedback from the community on which of the following company names is the best to choose for our startup.As background, we have ran a couple of naming contests and have gone through...

Branding Name Startups

asked Jun 18 '14 at 09:43

garyjames
6 points