Will Zynga ever come back ?
What would you do if you were CEO? What would you have done differently in the past?
We only have single-shot customers. When should we start worrying about building a sustainable/repeatable business?
We recently started to get some paying customers. That’s great for morale, because before we didn’t get any 🙂 Also and especially b/c we are bootstrapping…
Can I still continue with this cofounder?
Over a year ago I started a startup with a good friend of mine. My idea was to launch an online service in another speaking country, so I invited my…
Startup founders and managers, how do you fire an employee without being sued in California?
Should an entrepreneur just move to SF/NYC/insert startup hub here and just take the leap hoping the startup will launch that way?
Startup has decent level of traction. Been finding it hard to attract investors. Exhausted Midwest and Southern options. Live in the middle of the country…
We are outsourcing our pilot product and I’m nervous they won’t make launch date
We are outsourcing pilot product, CTO had full-time job (now he doesn’t). Pilot program launch is in 2 weeks. Contractors are supposed to finish this week…
What do you do to be creative?
Or get creative? Some people who are naturally gifted don’t need substances to be creative. Then others need something to induce creativity. What do you…
Should I file bankruptcy?
I’m a startup founder who took on about $50k personal debt to get my company going. My company is making money but only convering operating expense.…
How do you avoid getting screwed over by a developer?
Here’s the story: http://www.yelp.com/biz/coalition-technologies-culver-city?hrid=3LUUEQPyqjZ_MA4Bb917Ew
What’s a good equity offer for a junior marketing manager at a series C ~$200million startup?
What percentage equity offer is fair? What’s unfair?
Should I get an MBA if I want to start a company in the future?
Here’s my situation: I have a BS in engineering from a good school, but not a top school. I’m a PM at a large tech company with two years of experience. I…
Are you in this for the money?
Does money rule your drive and thoughts?
Vegas tech startups: What’s the real story?
I’m not sure what to believe in the media. Is this really as big of a disaster as they’re making it seem or is it artifical hype? What’s going on in Vegas?
Let’s team members go?
Need to pull the bandaid off and let a non-technical employee go. There is no real performance issue other than the person is moving at status quo pace.…
Foreign angel investors
US startup doing our angel round of funding. One of our founders has connections with some investors in Asia and who may put in 100-200K. We were…
Pay to pitch?
So recently i have been getting a lot of invites to pitch to investor events. I would go in a heartbeat but, many of them have some really big application…
Negotiating a pay raise without equity
I am approaching the 1-year mark of working at a startup. The two founders brought me in as the #3 guy (we now have 3 more employees) but I was not given…
Which startups are going to get vaporized in @pmarca’s “market turn” scenario?
Andreesen, Gurley et. al. are foreboding doom for companies with high burn rates . Which startups are they talking about?
I am looking at licensing my product to a company and they want equity in my company, so is this normal?
I have a patent pending on a product and a company wants me to license it to them, but they also want 80% of my company. They said that they need the 80%,…
For those working at a startup, how many days and hours a week do you work?
Also, how long has the startup been around? 1year, 2year, 3year, etc?
You built a product, should YOU own it or your LLC own it?
– Had my own LLC. – Kind of founded a product through the LLC. – Then met a cofounder who built-out a basic MVP of it. – Any benefit in my LLC owning the…
Funding before development the new normal?
Co-founder refuses to do an MVP, and no development until there’s funding to pay to outsource it. A few investors were interested but turned it down due…
Simple B2C vs high-tech B2B: 1-0
I’m the founder of a B2B startup that solves fairly complex problems in a growing industry. The market is young, fragmented and not standardized, the data…
Who has shipped a crappy MVP and regretted it?
An earlier post lamented that they shipped too late. Now I get the concept of a Minimum VIABLE Product, but there seems to be a movement that you should…
What do you think of all the hype around Ello? (New social networking platform)
How to quit the startup I founded during fundraising?
I co-founded a startup that’s currently bootstrapped and is running out of money fast. We are currently raising a seed round, and it’s unclear whether it…
I cope with so much pressure that I started drinking after work. Should I become an alcoholic? How do you fight pressure?
I’ve created several companies worth XX million dollars. I’ve got 4 cars, 2 real estate properties and now I’m in the biggest investment deal I’ve ever…
EU startup threatened by US troll. Worst-case scenario?
We recently got contacted by a US-based patent troll who owns a very broad software patent, which would be probably invalid under Alice Corp v. CLS Bank.…
Initial employee & ethics of renegotiation
As an initial employee, who is still doing lot of heavy lifting, and is almost irreplaceable (or replaceable by multiple talented people), I’m wondering…
How much equity to advisor who will bring investment too?
We are early stage, pre-revenue but with a live product. Great team with industry-specific experience in-house. Solid 5 year plan. Potential advisor will…