Startups Share Your Startup - May 2021 - Upvote This For Maximum Visibility!

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• Share Your Startup - May 2021 - Upvote This For Maximum Visibility!
• Any guides on "how to approach angel investors "?
• Is it necessary to start recording timesheets from day one to help with budgeting, investment and CAP tables?
• Why did your startup fail after initial traction/exposure?
• Family Leave Question
• Purchasing a dormant/dropped trademark?
• Device/home office set up

Share Your Startup - May 2021 - Upvote This For Maximum Visibility! Posted: 01 May 2021 06:09 PM PDT r/startups wants to hear what you're working on! Tell us about your startup in a comment within this submission. Follow this template: Startup Name / URL Location of Your Headquarters Elevator Pitch/Explainer Video More details: What life cycle stage is your startup at? 1 Your role? What goals are you trying to reach this month? How could r/startups help? Do NOT solicit funds publicly--this may be illegal for you to do so Discount for r/startup subscribers? Share how our community can get a discount ---------- Join our discord for instant chat, advice, and emotional support! ---------- Startup Life Cycle Stages (Max Marmer life cycle model for startups as used by Startup Genome and Kauffman Foundation) 1. Discovery Researching the market, the competitors, and the potential users Designing the first iteration of the user experience Working towards problem/solution fit (Market Validation) Building MVP Validation Achieved problem/solution fit (Market Validation) MVP launched Conducting Product Validation Revising/refining user experience based on results of Product Validation tests Refining Product through new Versions (Ver.1+) Working towards product/market fit Efficiency Achieved product/market fit Preparing to begin scaling process Optimizing the user experience to handle aggressive user growth at scale Optimizing the performance of the product to handle aggressive user growth at scale Optimizing the operational workflows and systems in preparation of scaling Conducting validation tests of scaling strategies Scaling Achieved validation of scaling strategies Achieved an acceptable level of optimization of the operational systems Actively pushing forward with aggressive growth Conducting validation tests to achieve a repeatable sales process at scale Profit Maximization Successfully scaled the business and can now be considered an established company Expanding production and operations in order to increase revenue Optimizing systems to maximize profits Renewal Has achieved near peak profits Has achieved near peak optimization of systems Actively seeking to reinvent the company and core products to stay innovative Actively seeking to acquire other companies and technologies to expand market share and relevancy Actively exploring horizontal and vertical expansion to increase prevent the decline of the company If you are running a traditional business that is not designed to scale rapidly, feel free to reference a traditional business life cycle model and share what traditional business life cycle stage you are at. submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]

Any guides on "how to approach angel investors "? Posted: 01 May 2021 05:21 AM PDT I'm building a computer vision startup. I have a confounder, a pitch deck, and a crude demonstration platform. How do I go about getting in touch with angels? Just find some online, see if I like them and then cold-email? Do I include my pitch deck in the first email, or first establish their interests, criteria, etc? Basically just looking for some guidance - any appreciated. submitted by /u/3DGuy2020 [link] [comments]

Is it necessary to start recording timesheets from day one to help with budgeting, investment and CAP tables? Posted: 01 May 2021 09:08 PM PDT Hello community! Me and three other people started a Business about two months ago. I just had a thought today that it might be good for all of us to start keeping track of our time worked in an official way so our projections have some basis in fact. Is this a complete waste of time and energy? Or is this something that you all would recommend early on? Edit: The reason I'm thinking about this is because we just started our first mini fundraiser and we're starting to get financial some more support, so we're proving to be public cares about our idea. So I'm preparing for actual Funding right around the corner submitted by /u/destinationsound [link] [comments]

Why did your startup fail after initial traction/exposure? Posted: 01 May 2021 09:01 AM PDT I often think about OpenHunt, an alternative to ProductHunt that go a lot of traffic and encouragement (especially from the HackerNews community), but was ultimately shuttered by the creator because he didn't do enough outreach to sustain interest in his site and it just sort of fizzled out. Share a story you heard of... or your own story and what you learned (or haven't been able to figure out)? submitted by /u/afellowhumanperson [link] [comments]

Family Leave Question Posted: 01 May 2021 04:50 AM PDT Hi, I work for a startup, we're international, but I'm based in a US state that does not have any Paternity leave. I'm about to have a baby, and while my coworkers in the UK would get 2 weeks of paid paternity leave, and the ones in California would get 12 weeks unpaid. Because of my state, I get nothing. We do have Unlimited PTO, but no one on staff has ever taken a vacation or any sick time that I can recall. The executive team is asking me to "pitch" my time off to the Board of Directors next week. From what I understand half of the board is saying follow the law, which means no time off, I would have to take sick days while at the hospital and even then still be on email. The other half are wanting to hear my pitch. I don't have a pitch, I'm just going to say this is the moral thing to do. I'd like to get some people's opinions on the situation. submitted by /u/Whoviantattoo [link] [comments]

Purchasing a dormant/dropped trademark? Posted: 01 May 2021 01:14 AM PDT I've bought plenty of dropped domain names in my time, and some dormant ones. Has anyone any experience buying dormant trademarks? Is this possible? Example... Bob starts an online business, registers a trademark... turns out Bob's venture fails, or he looses interest. Is it possible for me to buy his trademark? Is there a marketplace for these unused trademarks? I've searched Google, and I have found market places, for well established, great sounding, high priced trademarks.... Just like a brandable 5 - 6 letter .com, yes, I understand the high price. I'm talking about, long tail names. The trademark process can take up to 1 year in The US... Surely there's a Bob or 2 out there willing to sell something they're not using, right? submitted by /u/FatFerrit [link] [comments]

Device/home office set up Posted: 30 Apr 2021 09:33 PM PDT We are a remote company. We provide a company laptop and and an additional initial allowance for new hires to set up their home office. What does everyone's company provide for existing employees in the face of obsolescence? Yearly stipend or allowance? Replacement of accessories? submitted by /u/sarholder [link] [comments]

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