Great special from CNN for start-ups and entrepreneurs – please watch!
Hello all of you brave, extraordinary entrepreneurs! I’m an I/O psychologist with a heart for people like you. My number one concern for all of you – your…
Cofounder wants 80%. Is that fair?
I’m a non-technical founder with experience working in different tech startups (as an employee). I’m in the process of working with a partner who is…
Beware! The ATX startup scene is a lie.
I hope to expand on this post. Maybe even make it into a series. The reason for my post is the frustration… no make that pure anger I have toward those…
Everything gone suddenly
My friends and I used to get small projects around the city. I’m still a student(final year). Around December one of my friend’s brother showed interest…
My Non-Technical Cofounder Horror Story
So I am a technical founder that was building a web based platform. I had quit my 9-5 to live off savings to run my startup full time. I was working on…
Business Founder Searching for a CTO….Should I just move forward?
I’m a founder in the energy industry struggling to figure out the best steps to take in building out my business idea. Fundamentally, my business idea…
Team issues with founder and investor
So, I left a well paying corporate job to join an early-stage startup. The founder brought me in as co-founder, and gave me a significant chunk of equity…
Looking for a US-based Entrepreneur that struggles with Depression for CNN Documentary
Hey SA friends, Dana here. I had a conversation with a Tech reporter from CNN who is producing a short documentary on mental health in startups. She’s…
CEO lied, Investor Withdrew
I was hired six months ago as Head of Biz Dev to launch our product in new markets. 2 weeks after I joined, the CEO told me a big investor withdrew, so we…
Not Suitable as a leader?
Just started my first startup. 4 founders at first with me being the CEO, but after lots of internal conflict, only 2 of us remain. The worst part? All of…
Damn, sales is hard … even when you have a really good product
I’ve been working with a biotech company and they have a really good product. I’ve made some headway with sales very selectively but, damn, I wish people…
How to Stay focused and not starve or be homeless again?
I moved to a small college town and live like a college student to minimize my expenses. I am the only startup entrepreneur in the entire town, no one at…
Pricing lies
Every pricing blog I read, they say the same thing. Take the price you’re considering and double it. Don’t worry about charging too much. Lies. We…
Surfing the crest and trough of business waves
It’s been quite a ride. We are a software development services company, bootstrapped by my own savings, and profitable after 2 months. We took this thing…
A small amount equity and left with nothing
I was given the designation of CTO with 2% equity. Initially I worked on things that didn’t actually require real technical skills that I used for my…
What are the best incubators?
We are searching for the strongest global incubators and would love help understanding what programs you love – and what makes you love them. We’ve been…
I’m a Startup Felon: The System Sucks
I’ve written here before as I find it’s a great place to vent. I don’t really surround myself with very startup-ish people as I’ve kind of always just…
Brick-and-mortar beauty meets tech exposure and owner is in the hotseat
I own an existing brick and mortar business in the bay area. I grew in one year from a room to a full retail suite that employees several team members. I…
Never quit your day job too quickly … It can hurt!!!
Not a single day goes by when I don’t regret my decision on that day. It all started on the day I decided to dive into the world of entrepreneurship &…
VCs Ruined My Engagement WATCHOUT ENTREPRENEURS
My fiancé started his business 4 years ago, with a lot of hard work finally he got his first round of funding 3 years ago; late that year he proposed to…
The Carpet Baggers
As the co-founder of a three year old biotechnology startup in which over two million dollars of personal capital has been invested, upon starting…
Long Island hustlers and hackers
So here we are, all these years later and still no VC investors. I still feel the buzz of the entrepreneurs; the optimism of the start-ups–and smell the…
TheGrid takes their founder member’s money and goes on “Team-cations” in Hawaii
I was thinking, its pretty obvious The Grid the “AI” website design company has been an outright failure. Anyone who has been on their beta knows that…
Product Hunt Circlejerk
I am a product designer/developer/engineer/embedded systems. I pretty much take interest in all sorts of form of programming, technology related stuff.…
My confidence is lost.
In late 2013, I moved from San Francisco back to my home state to help take care of my ill mother. She’s still ill, but not as bad as she was. I was 22 at…
My Co-Founder Drives me Nuts
I started working with my co-founder, then my boyfriend, when I’d been screwed over by a developer and he offered to step in and help. His background was…
First startup, scared sh*tless
This is my first time. My first time here, first time at a startup and also first time with such levels of stress. I’ve dropped out of uni back in 2013, a…
Good MVP built but “not better enough” to competitor to get traction
Having identified need within an industry, having worked in it for ages, we canvassed customers about building a new cloud SAAS product to compete with…
The founder of The Grid should hook up with the founder of Theranos… just sayin
Both startups were expert PR spinners. Getting tons and tons of mainstream press off of smoke and mirrors. One was AI, the other was nano-tainers. Now…
Dealing with impostor syndrome
We built a product last summer, got our first big client pretty fast. Everything seems to be just the way it should be: happy client, smooth fundraising,…