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- Looking for a iOS developer, where to find one?
- Hired a outsourcing company that stopped working on project (scam)
- [Advice] How to divide a partnership?
- How to create (demand for) Vitamins?
| Looking for a iOS developer, where to find one? Posted: 04 Mar 2018 11:28 PM PST We had a social platform startup that was launched in 2014, everyone that joined absolutely loved our product. the company fell a apart when my partners (2) decided to pursue another career. Taking some time off and analyzing the market for a while I'm ready to execute this project once more with a bigger bang. Im looking for a skilled developer that understands design (function). The product is for a specific type of community (a large one). I'm located in Montreal and I haven't found the right person. I was wondering if you guys can help me out. [link] [comments]  |
| Hired a outsourcing company that stopped working on project (scam) Posted: 05 Mar 2018 01:44 AM PST Hi all, In July 2016 (1.5 years ago) I hired an Indian outsourcing company named Walkwel Technology to develop a large scale web development project. They initially set up the development period in a serie of milestones (relating to functionalities) that they wanted to receive a payment for upfront. At this point, I am 1.5 years further and what would be a 6 month development period has turned out to a project that has never been completed. Currently, the project is still facing major critical bugs that withhold me from launching the website. Walkwel Technology fails to provide any more support nor do they respond to any queries as they simply state "you get what you paid for". At this point I am clueless what to do as I paid for the milestones through separate PayPal payments. Moreover, the company is not willing to provide invoices for the milestones payments. All I have at this point is a screenshot of the PayPal payments and a log of all the transcripts with the company (wherein they actually state they have stopped working on the project because they are not making anymore profit and due to their lack of development skills the bugs have prolonged the development time). Anybody else have this type of experience with a third-vendor web development company? If so, what did you do to complete your project / get money back? tldr; Paid an Indian web development company Walkwel Technology money for milestones that they fail to complete because the development time is taking longer than they initially expected. Company states they don't have "the capacity" and are not making anymore profit to complete the project and resolve the bugs. [link] [comments]  |
| [Advice] How to divide a partnership? Posted: 04 Mar 2018 02:49 AM PST (be prepared to read...) Startup: women's clothing/lifestyle boutique. Background: I have been working with my business partner the past few months on our plan to open a brick-and-mortar (and online) boutique in a fancy area by this summer. Situation: Upon starting the work, we were under the assumption that we would be personally/privately funded (outside loan to our LLC) by a family member of mine. Secrets were revealed! Turns out that the $ was mine all along; the money comes from a trust account (in a hedge fund) that I was only going to become aware of when I turned 30. When my family member realized that the business was actually happening, they decided to come forth and tell me that I have an amount of $ that will be enough for our startup asking amount (they have refused to tell me exactly how much $ is available to me until I am 30). So, I realize that I am super fortunate, and this is overall a very good thing. If I make a personal loan to our LLC, then I can charge the prime rate for insurance (like 4.5%), instead of having to pay a higher insurance rate to my family member or a bank, and this would benefit the business overall. (also clothing retail seems to be too high risk for a lot of banks and it would probably be difficult to even get a loan) Meanwhile, my business partner is bringing $0 of capital to the business. We had both thought we would bring intellectual property/sweat labor, and work equally to pay of the loan. (by the way, my business partner has a business degree, and I do not. I work well with them, and value/respect their opinion, and think that this person is crucial to being able to succeed). We had both planned to give ourselves a humble salary in the beginning, and gradually increase as we see growth, etc. Turns out, I could be making more $ annually off of the interest and be unemployed, vs making less and doing this startup. After talking with other family, and some legal consultants, I have still been unable to find the best way to approach dividing the partnership. I have a few family members who believe I am crazy for taking this risk, and having a 50/50 partnership. However, my feelings are along the lines of: -money isn't everything; just bc i would make more off of the interest, doesn't mean that i shouldn't try doing this. I want to set myself up for a fulfilling career. -Preserving an equal partnership in a startup is vital to maintaining a lasting relationship with my business partner. (in many ways, a business relationship is like a marriage, right?; no decisions should be made without input/consent from the other member) I am aware that at the end of the day, even if our company goes bankrupt, my partner can also file for personal bankruptcy, and then i'm screwed on all levels, and i've lost everything. So, no matter what ends up happening, I need to have more protection, and I am not too sure what that means for me. Some options I have considered: - having 50/50 stock shares and 51/49 voting shares -creating a stipulation in our ownership agreement that would protect me from having to buy out my partner if they decide to leave the company -adding another condition that would allow my partner to buy their 'partnership' back by gradually putting capital into the company that would = the amount I put in Anyways, that is what has been going on recently. Here is some feedback/advice I am hoping to get: -Am I crazy for wanting to preserve the 50/50 partnership dynamic/relationship? Does it really matter all that much? - Are there other ways I can protect myself? -What resources could be helpful to me? Also, any general advice would be super helpful. —I am ready/willing/able to take any criticism— Thank you in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| How to create (demand for) Vitamins? Posted: 04 Mar 2018 07:24 AM PST Hi, I am trying to wrap my head around this question already for a while and would like to get the opinion of other people on this. How to create a demand for a vitamin, such as a security product/service when so many people are not concerned about their privacy when using non-encrypted services and cloud storage? The obvious answer would be that if there is no demand, then there is no market. But wouldn't this answer neglect vitamins? When asking people about the reasons why they aren't using more secure products/services, I always get the answer that the established services and products (e.g. Whatsapp) are working so well and hassle free and that people don't think they need to hide anything. Is it really the case that people just don't perceive this threat? Are they afraid of the additional hassle with installation when getting a more secure service or product? Or is it just, that they don't want to pay for it? How to create an vitamin in this setting? Really looking forward on your view on this. BR [link] [comments]  |
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