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- Which country has a thriving tech scene for a software engineers, Australia or Canada?
- Anybody Sell on Amazon? Wondering about selling a low priced card game
- Transitioning from from sole employee to boss. Any advice?
- How much is too little? Early startup equity
- They are so excited and eager to work but then they quit
- What to do in the meantime?
- Bad idea to choose a company name with a word already in use?
- How to leave properly?
- Building a business vs getting funding?
| Which country has a thriving tech scene for a software engineers, Australia or Canada? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 11:25 AM PDT I was reviewing Pro's/Con's in both places, but I didn't seem to find a convincing article that has all the info. This is the best place to ask Engineers. - Which country is better for a tech-entrepreneurs & software engineers, Australia or Canada? - Which country has more opportunities for tech-entrepreneurs & software engineers? Let's talk about Sydney/Melbourn and Toronto/Montreal ? - What are the technologies that are floating and those that are dying in every country. This is again from a perspective of an Immigrant Startupper. [link] [comments]  |
| Anybody Sell on Amazon? Wondering about selling a low priced card game Posted: 03 Oct 2018 04:35 PM PDT I created card game reward system for children ages 5-10, that is having a lot of promising feedback from my test group. I can't really think of any channels other than Amazon to sell it on. I'm thinking of pricing it at $13.99, and it costs $1 to manufacture per deck at a volume of 15,000+. It will actually cost about $8/deck to get 100 of them to start, which has me a little nervous. A few questions: How difficult is it to scale on Amazon's listings? I don't want to be stuck on page 576 where two people view my listing a week. I don't have any experience with the algorithm and have never sold on Amazon before. Can you use Amazon ads for low priced products? Anybody have any suggestions of other market places it could be sold? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Transitioning from from sole employee to boss. Any advice? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 05:12 PM PDT I started a business doing handyman work specifically for the elderly. I busted my ass to get leads door to door and I was recognized by our local news paper. [proof] I thought things would settle down but I'm scheduled 3 weeks out and have to turn some work away. I'm at a point now where I can make a living but can't afford to hire anyone. I just see money getting away though. I need to start pimping work but I have a hard time trusting other people to meet my standards. Is there a method or technique on how to get out of this funk? [link] [comments]  |
| How much is too little? Early startup equity Posted: 03 Oct 2018 10:48 PM PDT I am developer #5 or less at a seed-funded startup dealing with both hardware and software led by an entrepreneur with successful $250M+ exits in the past. I have been the sole developer of the mobile app to a successful launch meeting extreme timelines. Additionally, I have done well beyond my job title by basically PMing or QAing backend developers at times to ensure that features are working properly, ensuring hardware for launches, and spending weekends and nights working. When I signed on, I had initially wanted more equity than I eventually accepted. One thing that was implied but not directly promised was possibility to refresh back up to original equity to counter dilution if it was thought deserved. I have decent market salary for my area of $155k and equity .33%. The startup has a pretty good product, and is entering a competitive space. Since they are funded, they could probably afford to find someone to replace me on the mobile app side eventually and cover the other extra things I have been taking care of somehow. It has been a few months now, and I am not feeling incentivized enough especially with the extra mile that I go for the company because I believe that my equity is too low. After dilution and a series D round, my equity will be diluted down to .11%, which means that a unicorn $1B exit would leave me with "only" $1M for essentially winning the lottery. I am planning to renegotiate my equity soon. Equity is the main thing I care about, especially since I have been treating the company like I have real stake in it. I will probably ask for .66% more, which is about what being refreshed back to .33% to counter dilution would be equivalent to in the end. However, I get this feeling that the founder will be very resistant to giving out more equity, and it will be very hard to come to an agreement. What do you guys think? Is my equity is too low? Am I being too greedy? Would like to get your guys' opinion on this situation. [link] [comments]  |
| They are so excited and eager to work but then they quit Posted: 03 Oct 2018 10:52 AM PDT It happened a lot to me. I'm a developer and I was trying to find "a marketer" to work with me on a side project, not even a startup, but a side project. No obligations. I just asked to be here, to brainstorm, work on marketing with me. People are so exicted and eager to work and they like idea but after a while (I talk about few weeks, not months) they don't feel like doing it. Nobody ever forced him/her to join, they had time to decide. Like they don't know how to decide or they see that it's not easy (even though I mention that to them). It's not like I'm never there and always make them do everything, I'm always here and ready to work. Product is here they don't even have to wait, they can try it out. I mean, I'm a programmer but I don't quit. I could say: ah, I don't feel like programming anymore, but I do it, I create what I want to create. Why does this happen? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2018 04:07 PM PDT So I started a business last year in hard goods. I have patent pending with design complete and prototyping being done. I have no revenue at this point with almost $20k invested. It's ok, but I feel like a bit stuck by the slow progress. Any ideas on what I can do to make progress without continuing to pour money in? I'm probably another 3 months from even starting a production run to get inventory. Should I even get inventory or should I try to get presales? All the idle time while I wait for things to unfold is causing doubt and "what if". Any thoughts from seasoned vets on how to keep the right mindset? [link] [comments]  |
| Bad idea to choose a company name with a word already in use? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 12:25 PM PDT Looking to make short book publishing company. After typing in "for busy people" found a few books using that title. I want to communicate that my books are a short easy read, and can't think of any other way to do it. I have no idea how choosing a company name works. Can I just choose a different company name, and produce books that say "for busy people" to make some sort of series? The art work/logo on the cover of the books would be distinctly different than the other books that say "for busy people." Does it hurt to use "for busy people" on my book covers? EDIT: In the USA EDIT: Essentially I want to somehow say "Short easy read books" in a book series name (that's not already taken). [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2018 08:08 AM PDT Hey all, I'm in quite the dilemma. So I had an opportunity come up 5 months ago and took it. An acquaintance of mine offered me a gig to work on some projects hes working on in very lucrative industries. The opportunity for someone my age (22) is incredible. And the amount of money to be made is larger than I can imagine. But heres my dilemma, my heart is not in it anymore. We are currently working on a new startup app idea that could pose to be very profitable but I really dont care for it. And we have other projects in the mix that I'm already on that if i pull out, it would be a big fuck you to the team. My plan was to go back to school for engineering (already finished my BS in pre med 2 years ago but changed my mind on med school) this past summer but canceled that to work on these projects and startup app. Well 5 months later, writing business plans, financial projections, and dealing with government is not enjoyable to me. I'd rather be solving math and physics problems as that is what I enjoy. I'm a hands on person and love working cars, bikes, guns, etc. Sitting at a computer doing something I dread is not working for me. I'd rather be doing something I enjoy. Part of me wants to just quit (give up all equity in all projects, which I dont care for--i haven't been paid for any of this work) and walk away but with all these projects going on I feel like it would be a big fuck you to everyone on the team. But I can't bring myself to actually give a fuck about anything I'm working on rn. How do I go in peace whilst not dropping the ball on anyone? Keep in mind we are supposed to be meeting with investors in 2-3 weeks. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Building a business vs getting funding? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 06:20 AM PDT I've spent the last 6 months building my MVP web app, in the healthcare space for the UK. I'm very pleased/proud of it and think it is differentiated enough from the competition & high quality enough to be successful. In two weeks I will begin marketing it and then we will see if I am right! I think I want to build this the old-fashioned way; reinvesting profits into marketing and growing the business like that. Cash flow should not be an issue as I will get paid upfront and then the service I provide I will not be billed for until 30 days later. We're also running super-lean with minimal overheads and I won't need to draw salary for 9-12 months. The flip side is that this is an area seeing quite a bit of investment. I present well, I wonder if I am being naive/old school trying to do this without investment and spending my own money. Thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
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