Why do engineers keep leaving my company?
I am a single founder (non-tech). We have a great product, that clients are lining up to buy and everyone except engineers seem to understand and are…
How can I start setting up an incubator?
I live in Spain, and there are no private accelerators. The local government is in deals with some international accelerators to install them in a…
As a CTO/lead engineer how can I deal with external assessment of the shitty software I developed and evolved?
A new manager asked for an external assessment of our software for scalability and sustainability for next investment round.. I’m the technical co-founder…
My two co-founders are trying to push me out
We’ve been building this startup for the past two years. We’re bootstrapped and everything was built with our own money and re-invested profits. Life was…
How to value my 1-year start-up?
On one side, one of my friends wants to invest some money in my start-up, and on the other side we have started discussions with a business angel. Both…
How much notice to leave company of 2 people?
We started the company almost 2 years ago. I’m the technical founder, he’s the business guy. The best analogy of our business is a job marketplace. We are…
How can I stop the habit of always needing a business partner?
I guess I’m the ADHD-preneur kind. Since I was 18, I have always been involved with multiple gigs at once. Some successful, some not. But always along…
I’m unable to understand if I’m being successful enough to dedicate 100% to my startup
I founded an open source focused IT Consulting startup 7 years ago without any business knowledge and had to learn by doing over the years. But during all…
Walk Away and Try Something Entirely New?
I’ve run my own fitness and health business for 17 years, and tried my hand at several ventures. I’ve employed, on and off, 14 freelance Trainers. The…
My day job company found out about my bootstrap startup. What can they do?
Need some pointers here: I have bootstrapped a company (pre-rev) with some IP (patents) already issued a long time ago. My current employer (remember I am…
I’m a woman CEO and in couple with my Co-Founder (CTO) and he cheated on me. He’s now trying a takeover of the Startup.
Hello y’all, It’s difficult for me to write these words, but here we go: I’ve dated my ex-boyfriend, a brilliant Full-Stack Dev with the charisma of an…
Someone who advised our startup is now claiming to be a co-founder and a right to equity. What is the legal standard here?
I began receiving the advice and shared ideas of someone in the early days of my startup, pre-formation. There were some initial discussions about the…
I’m the CTO for my startup and feel incompetent and overwhelmed, what should I do?
I was the technical co-founder of my startup so naturally, I became the CTO. I was great as an individual contributor, but as a team lead, I’ve felt…
How do you deal with being pushed out?
The person I hired to help me and my co-founder is now taking my job and pushing me out. He sucks up and agrees to everything my co-founder dreams up so…
What do I do with the MVP Developers?
I did a deal with a dev company -1 resource in particular – to create the MVP. It’s gone well so far but this techie has taken a job overseas (4 days a…
Have you ever experienced discrimination or harassment in the tech industry?
Note from SA: If you’d like to respond to this journalist, you can use the ‘contact author’ link above ^^. I’m a journalist working on a story about how…
Leaving company to start a competitor?
I am a co-founder of a company (35%) and it’s clear my other co-founder (65%) does not have the expertise to lead the company. If I were to leave this…
Dealing with life after self-employment?
I started a startup four years ago, shut it down last year, and have been freelancing since then. I loved working on the startup even though it was a…
How to Move Forward with/without Investor?
Brought on an “angel” investor several months ago, who put in $25k along with two colleagues of mine from another business that also put in $25k. I had…
How to breakup with a negligent friend/business partner without destroying our friendship?
My partner and I were friends for awhile before we decided to put up a business together. We were pretty aligned throughout the first few years until he…
I am a co-founder looking to start a new life, what are my options?
My partners and I started a boutique software development firm and we’ve been going at it for 5 years now. We’ve grown the company considerably and have…
To jump or not… what are typical equity valuation multiples after 3-5-7 years?
I got an offer from a fintech startup to come on board as their most senior specialist, 3 founders, employee number low single digit offer. Successful…
Handling vacation between business partners (one taking way more than the other)
I started a consulting business with a partner 7 months ago. Of that 7 months, he’s taken roughly 20% off for vacation in the early going of our startup.…
Retain of percentage after drop out of a developer?
We are two startup founders working on the development of a product(app). It caters to a certain demographic and marketing plays a huge role. One person…
Tricked and kicked out by co-founders after get a grant from a startup program
My friends and I applied for a startup program and got selected. Our idea is an AI related app. We agreed that we three will be the co-founders, and I…
Cofounder has given up and now I’m stuck with his dead equity – incorporate in new jurisdiction?
My co-founder has become discouraged with our Saas software that is at a pre-seed stage. He wants to pursue other opportunities but is not too willing to…
Replacing previous tech co-founder
Since I don’t have any startup experience yet, the terms I am using may not be correct… So here goes the situation. I have a friend that has a startup.…
If I’m sued for personal debt can they take my shares ?
I defaulted on private student debt a long time ago. It’s a long story why, but mostly I’ve worked overseas since then and although my credit has…
How did you get back to full time job after failed startup?
My startup is not doing well & I would like to go back to a full-time job after having left job more than 4 yrs ago as a lead developer. I did not raise…
How to repair investor relationship?
We got accelerator funding and were doing well for awhile. Got burned out. Going to shut down now. I didn’t stay in touch with investors like I should…