Team Questions

I have single-handedly written all code needed for an alpha/beta till date. Now i want to go beta and hire marketing professionals and a developer. For that i need money and VC funds. Shall i...

Co-Founder Finance Venture Capital Team

asked Apr 13 '12 at 23:02

aditya tiwari
8 points

I'm the only executive, I have 100% of the shares, I have 4 employees.I built the prototype on my own and I'm almost launching. This person has intense experience in tech but not as an investor....

Equity Investors Team

asked Mar 24 '12 at 16:26

Zapoo
303 points

Thanks for taking time to read my post and sorry for the loaded questions -- please read patiently to help me. Here is the scenario: Founder has the startup idea vetted 3.5 years ago -- but never...

Equity Team Distribution

asked Mar 4 '12 at 17:55

Sandra Mistry
6 points

Just Started a business with some co-founders. How do I set up a system so that: When a co-founder is unwilling to work/cooperate with the rest of the team He/she is removed Thanks

Getting Started Co-Founder Team

asked Mar 7 '12 at 13:27

Tommy T
11 points

Or are they isolated, where developers keep to themselves and sales people keep to themselves? Is there a need for developers to even collaborate with sales or marketing people, for example? Im...

Getting Started Team

asked Feb 10 '12 at 22:00

I Scotts
152 points

I'm thinking of starting up a minor sports team in the world of e-sports and I'd like to model it after the more well-known models in hockey and football. I've tried going to the official websites...

Business Model Research Team

asked Feb 14 '12 at 06:39

Patrickgamer
234 points

General Question: Given that incubators are focused on early-stage companies, how far along should a startup be before it applies for consideration by an incubator? How strong must the team (and...

Incubators Team Seed Funding

asked Dec 19 '11 at 05:47

Caligirl
204 points

So, I started working on a project, and I have a shortage of good team members. The project is kind of secret and I would not like to share details about the project. I could advertise on the web...

Getting Started Team

asked Dec 16 '11 at 04:44

C0da
111 points

A friend and I have started developing an app to put on Apple's app store. Development is going fine, but thinking ahead, we're trying to come up with an easy way to share any revenue coming from...

Financial Team Apple

asked Nov 22 '11 at 12:17

Itai Ferber
123 points

we are 2 developers that have been working for a consultancy doing a mobile app for about a year, now we are ending our contracts. The enterprise that has contracted our actual/anterior...

Getting Started Entrepreneurs Team Profitability Cost Estimation

asked Nov 22 '11 at 14:33

Tyoc213
41 points

What is a popular way to build the team of a start up software business that takes on contract work from other companies? Additional info I founded a small company with a team of web+mobile...

Technology Team Growth

asked Nov 12 '11 at 09:20

John
170 points

In the development stage of launching a start up. I am initially outsourcing the development as I am not located in a place where there is an abundance of programmers. The dev timeline is 6 weeks....

Equity Employees Salary Team

asked Jul 5 '11 at 12:41

Eric Littleton
107 points

The startup is growing and you have now 5 full-time devs on your team. You have an older application which is up and running in production and a new web application almost ready to be released. You...

Hiring Development Team

asked Jul 6 '11 at 18:49

Dervlap
28 points

I've recently been brought on with a small startup to serve as their technical advisor to a group of developers offshore. The product is an ASP .NET WebForms application. One of my first tasks was...

Management Outsourcing Project Management Team

asked Jun 29 '11 at 01:24

Yuck
257 points

As a SaaS company we have an entire team in place to do web and application development. Effectively, we have one client: ourselves. Would it make sense for us to take on consulting clients as an...

Development Consulting Team

asked May 16 '11 at 12:27

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

I really wonder how do you hire your first employees if you were working on an internet startup alone. I really wonder if there are experienced people which started their startup alone and expand...

Co-Founder Human Resources Team Internet Hire

asked Apr 6 '11 at 14:08

To Rr0t
69 points

Our team is thinking of doing a "Project In A Week" (bootcamp), and I'm interested to know if anyone else has experience of doing this or has any advice? The idea behind it is to get away from the...

Motivation Project Management Team Project

asked Mar 25 '11 at 02:21

Tim S
111 points

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...

Co-Founder Team Partnerships Communication

asked Mar 29 '11 at 10:51

Rsg
313 points

I have a team of people scattered across time zones and the world. Most of these people have never been face-to-face with even one of their colleagues. Most have never heard anyone else's voice. We...

Motivation Management Team

asked Feb 27 '11 at 08:08

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

At tech events and when talking with investors I'm often asked where myself and my cofounder know each other from. Beyond the obvious, what kind of information are people looking get a better...

Networking Team

asked Feb 11 '11 at 08:37

Derek Dahmer
306 points