Startups Anonymous

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 have – always thought I’d have better news at the next update. How do I repair the relationship in case I need funding in the future?

I’ve been running my company for 2.5 years now, we have a GMV $350k, MRR $31K, CAC $0.4, etc. but we have been trying to raise a seed round for $500k for over a year now and it’s getting tiring. I am almost at the point of just giving up fundraising since we sell an…

Can my co-founders, of a BVI (British Virgin Islands) company vote to sell the company IP to a new company they start without me to kick me out? Classic case of co-founder issue where my co-founders are threatening me out without a meaningful compensation.

I played an outsized role in my company’s recent fundraising round (a big one – 9 figures, late series). I was recognized for my achievements and praised by the entire executive team. Although we engaged an external firm for support (at a hefty expense), I did much of the core work. When we closed the…

For the past year, i’ve been working with my co-founder on a start-up. We split the company 51%-me and 49%-him. Both of us were employed until now, doing the startup along with our job. My co-founder brought in an investor now and wants to go full-time on the startup while I will still be working…

A few years back, I worked for a startup with a micromanaging CEO. 1-2 women in the office would typically be the focus of his ire. He’d nitpick their work to death, especially regarding design (logo sizing, different layout styles, backgrounds, etc). While he sometimes had a point, it was almost never an salient point….

1 year ago, I entered into a handshake partnership with 4 guys who I had previously done commission based work for. We meet, I talk about what I am currently working on (This related to the commsion work I did for them prior) they offer “partnership” 2 months later, we begin this startup. I was…

I and another friend started a tech startup 3 months ago – we worked on the idea, refined it, started the implementation and hired the full-time people needed. However, I am working on it all part-time. Now we have around 10 more people working in a full-time capacity. I’m still doing it part time because…

50-50 co-founder situation.  I’ve done 99% of work for 8 years and brought on a co-founder in a new venture with him where he promised to bring in $200k financing and sweat equity.  He’s done pretty much nothing and puts his head in the sand when issues come up and shirks responsibility. I can’t take…

My cofounder is partying with our employees, I see it on social media, what do I do?

I’ve been working for a long time on a tech project that is very important to me. For the past 12 years, I used any free time I had to work on it. I managed to get a part-time job so that I could use the rest of the weekdays to work on my project….

I am wondering if anyone has tips on how to build some recognition for my work, not just in a “touch up my resume on Linkedin” kind of way but in day-to-day situations so that I can get some leverage and respect from my coworkers, my peers and the industry. I have worked for a…