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- Have you ever seen a successful exit where a company relied 100% on the existence of 1 key partner?
- IP chicken and egg question.
- Startup involving a wearable item
- Invozone Ranks As Top Software Development Company In Canada: Goodfirms
- Recommend for pivoting to different industry (IoT)
- How to make my electronic design to be printed in a factory?
- Where do I get information for the Market Size/TAM slide of my pitch deck?
- Lots of startup ideas - but how to choose one?
- Question on equity models
| Have you ever seen a successful exit where a company relied 100% on the existence of 1 key partner? Posted: 05 Mar 2021 04:24 PM PST I'm working for a series A company that is 100% dependent on a key F50 company. Our whole business is in the repurposing of their existing technology to a new market, that they can't enter for regulatory reasons. There is only 1 single supplier in the world for this tech - and we can't create it without billions. This company holds our life in their hands - sure, we have a multi year agreeement, but if they stop selling to us, we die. And obviously, if they have an opinion about something, that's the law. Have companies like this ever been successful? It seems like a disaster waiting to happen - who would acquire a company that has such a huge risk? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 06 Mar 2021 02:00 AM PST I am looking at building a web application based on some pretty big IP and wanted to know when is the best time to contact the IP owner and try and get licensing or at least see if they would be open to it. A bit of a background, I am building this application myself to address my own need and to learn the programming side better. The problem addresses a large pain point that is repeated through out a community. This is not my idea i am building atm but an example is building an app to sort and display my star wars figures. If I use pictures and names from official website then I will get a cease and desist. (This has happened to another website). My plan is to build a MVP, get it tested by the community then present the analytics and a business plan to the company. I have a number of stages that i really need some technical expertise to assist but if i am able to get a MVP that is working and the IP holder is happy to work with then it would be easier to attract other people. Has anyone tried using well know IP amd what is your advice Cheers [link] [comments]  |
| Startup involving a wearable item Posted: 05 Mar 2021 11:05 AM PST Anyone with experience in this area, I could definitely use your help! As the title says, I am interested in developing a wearable fitness product. My question is: how would I go about making prototypes and perfecting the product if I have no experience in making clothing items? [link] [comments]  |
| Invozone Ranks As Top Software Development Company In Canada: Goodfirms Posted: 05 Mar 2021 11:43 PM PST GoodFirms, a renowned B2B organization, acts as a link between IT service seekers and service providers. Several prominent IT firms get listed in the GoodFirms directory of service providers. [link] [comments]  |
| Recommend for pivoting to different industry (IoT) Posted: 05 Mar 2021 08:16 PM PST I bootstrapped a heavy equipment location based rental and usage based billing system. Basically the system uses equipment telematics data to determine location and usage counts and do rental billing. I only made the software. I tried multiple ways to push it (I have another fulltime job), but I couldn't get pilot customers. The main problem is this is very old school industry and they're super anticompetitive. They basically fix the revenue distribution among themselves and super hostile to tech startups. I'm looking to pivot to some different industry with some adaptations maybe. Can you recommend one? Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| How to make my electronic design to be printed in a factory? Posted: 05 Mar 2021 05:08 AM PST So I have a circuit I have built and I want it to be made in a factory in China or some cheap place and have it assembled as much as I can there. How would I go about doing this? It's not a big design and uses an Arduino. Say if I wanted 100 or 250 made whats the most cost-effective way of doing this? Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Where do I get information for the Market Size/TAM slide of my pitch deck? Posted: 04 Mar 2021 10:01 PM PST I am busy preparing a pitch deck for applying to a pre-seed/seed stage VC fund. I would like to know how I should go about getting data for the Market Size or TAM slide. My startup idea deals with the internet space, specifically content creation. I need to know the number of content creators and the projected growth rate in that number over the next decade, if possible. Where can I go about getting this data? [link] [comments]  |
| Lots of startup ideas - but how to choose one? Posted: 05 Mar 2021 12:12 AM PST Hi all, I ve been writing down all my 'Eureka' moments in my notes the past few months, but I would like to decide now which startup idea I ll be focusing on. What are your best practices in this evaluation process? Which factors do I take into account etc? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2021 06:36 PM PST Hi guys, Could you please tell me what happens in this situation. Let's say two founders have 50% equity. One does dev work and the other does sales and marketing. They both work on a project for a year. Let's say it makes some money. Then one of the founders wants to leave. The founder that wants to leave has earned all his equity because its been a year. There is a suitable replacement willing to work for equity. If a new founder does not come in the startup will fail. Otherwise, it has a decent chance. What mechanics stop this from happening. Is it a large cliff? How could this be cordially resolved? Another situation. You have two founders, 50% split. They make a project that makes money. Then they both leave the project. It continues to make money. They are then approached by someone for who the project would benefit. This marketer would make the project more money. How would they dish out equity to this new person? [link] [comments]  |
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