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How to find potential co-founders for a startup?
I've been working on a bootstrapped startup for about 2 years now. I've been working on it solo to this point, but I feel I'm starting to run out of gas. I need fresh ideas, money and assistance in ...
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“One Man Startup” - Should a add people before going out looking for funding?
i've been working on a project for the last year or so and during that time 4 out of 5 partners have left, leaving only me. I've turned the project into a modest success and have now received some ...
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Partnership questions
I am working on the project which is in its pre beta stage. This is a web based service that allows to distribute some content in a printed format. I got several offers from investors and printing ...
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Marketing Education ERP with partners
We have an ERP product that is targeted at schools, colleges, small & large institutes.
We are looking to sell this product online with SaaS model.
The product is ready and we are now looking ...
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Considering a partner
I'm considering looking for a partner for my small startup, I've got an established (very small) base of users on my site, and I think the next step might be to scale up.
There are a lot of ...
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Is this the wrong way to go about creating a startup
I'm tech side; he's business side.
We're about 3-4 months in, and he works full time (closer to 50 hours a week) at another job. I'm a full-time student.
I asked my business partner when he was ...
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Are we about to be shafted by a Corporate Shark?
My husband went into business with a gentleman who seemed to be very clued up (he's an accountant). He has numerous other businesses and was able to open doors that we would never have had access to ...
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When to drop a co-founder?
There are some excellent posts on how to select a co-founder and what qualities you should look for. I firmly believe in 'try it out', and have been for about 5 months. In that time I've also come ...
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49/51 vs 50/50 Equity Split
What are the advantages and disadvantages of dividing equity 49/51 vs 50/50 between partners?
Edit: 51/49 feels wrong, but there may be some startup cases where it is good if you are the majority ...
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How to define startup Partnerships norms?
I need your suggestion on below scenario.
I am planning to venture into one internet startup. Its a niche domain.
I have worked in the domain and understand the domain well. I have studied the ...
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Sharing workload between partners when I am the only developer?
I have been dipping my toes into a web-based startup idea with two others.
They approached me with the original seed of an idea, but neither are developers. So I would be building the (fairly large ...
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Problems with partner
A little background:
A few months ago, I approached a good friend of mine with a nice offer:To make apps for a specific platform along with marketing and distributing them. He knew very little about ...
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20% equity and CTO. (Story and details). Is this fair?
This is a long exposition.
Please bear with me, I think that I need to provide as much specifics as possible, while keeping it as short as possible. Thanks for reading, any feedback is much ...
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Divorcing A Partner Without An Operating Agreement
Here's the scenario: Myself and 2 partners have been working on a project since January. Since we are all friends (mistake number 1) we orally agreed to split the future company's equity three ways ...
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Pre BETA inputs for SAAS product
We are building a SAAS based application for temp staffing firms and we are done with 70% of the application. We are looking for some early feedback and then go on to build the 30% of the ...
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Making partnerships successful
Who can offer some insight into what makes a successful partner? It seams easy to get into the right conversation but difficult to get the right activities initiated.
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How To Structure A Partnership
First I must say, this site is quite impressive. I found it while researching partnership agreements. That being said, I am nearing a fairly important conversation with my current partner to discuss ...
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Where can I find a developer who would be interested in a partnership rather than up-front payment for work?
I have a site that I'd like to build in PHP/MySQL and preferably using CodeIgniter, but I don't have the time that I need to devote to building the site. I'd like to find a developer who is willing ...
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Partnership agreement advice — I have the idea & ops, he has the marketing investment and industry exp
I successfully pitched a player in an industry about a business idea that offers a novel approach to creating leads in his industry. He presently runs a company that I'll call a "provider of services" ...
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Is this a fair partnership proposal?
I am the technical founder of a software product, the product is finished with good inputs from at least 6 to be customers. My to be Sales partner who is already helping me from the past 4 weeks ...
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What would be the appropriate share?
I'm a software developer in a East European country working for a tiny software firm with only few developers. Our owner is also our manager; he lives in the North America and makes arrangements and ...
