Startups Anonymous

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. When we split everything 50/50 I don’t think this is fair to me or to the success of our business. We otherwise have a good relationship…

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 is involved in coding the app (30%) and other is responsible for the Business Operations (70%). Currently, we have been looking at ways of nailing down the details of…

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 will also serve as CTO. However, since we could not reach an agreement on the company shares, they told me that we should all quit…

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 give up the 30% equity he owns, which will make getting our seed round infinitely more difficult. Fortunately, I’ve managed to find another co-founder who believes in the…

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. The previous co-founder who is responsible for coding has left and he invited me to replace his role. Now I am in the process of…

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 recovered, the statute of limitations has not depleted and I could still be sued for it. Since then, I’ve started a company with 2 co-founders. We’re incorporated overseas,…

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 any money, I can still code & I am above 40yrs old. I applied for a few jobs (putting last 4…

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…