My partner and I were friends for awhile before we decided to put up a business together. We were pretty aligned throughout the first few years until he started becoming negligent, passive, and somewhat lazy. To keep responsibilities equal, tasks were still divided but he would end up forgetting his end of the job and…

My partners and I started a boutique software development firm and we’ve been going at it for 5 years now. We’ve grown the company considerably and have been seeing good numbers year after year. However, I am totally burned out. I am overwhelmed with all the projects/clients that we have, I struggle with my partners’…

I got an offer from a fintech startup to come on board as their most senior specialist, 3 founders, employee number low single digit offer. Successful series A funding, several millions in the bank, ready to build for quite a while, very attractive business idea and strong founders team. If I jump, I would have to…

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…

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?