Startups Has anyone ever started a self storage business? |
- Has anyone ever started a self storage business?
- Startups in the AI space - Picking one
- Launched my startup but it doesn’t go well
- Launching MVP on Reddit without getting removed or banned
- Personalities and timelines
- Non-compete clause while switching to a competitor
| Has anyone ever started a self storage business? Posted: 29 Aug 2021 09:17 AM PDT If you've ever started a self-storage business, bought one over or inherited one, I'd love to hear about your experiences. What did you learn that you didn't expect?what do you consider to be the essentials when it comes to running the business profitably? [link] [comments]  |
| Startups in the AI space - Picking one Posted: 29 Aug 2021 10:35 PM PDT I've been interviewing in the artificial intelligence space and am getting towards the finals at multiple startups - can't figure out for the life of me who to go with. They all seem promising of course. Wish I could pick the winning startup but if I was good at that, maybe I'd be in venture capital. What do you look for in a startup to understand their chances at success? I've been told check out leadership, funding, product, etc. Would love more insight. [link] [comments]  |
| Launched my startup but it doesn’t go well Posted: 30 Aug 2021 12:39 AM PDT Hi everyone, I recently launched my startup around 3 weeks back and it seems like I can't retain my users I had 100 users my app but I can only retain around 5 people daily and it just doesn't take off and I can't manage to market it atm. at this point I can't help but wondering did I even create something that's needed? Was it maybe all and all the validation research I did before worth nothing? Looking for some words of wisdom from people who went through the same thing or can even give some Pinterest quotes that can spark a new idea in me. Thanks in advance to all the commenters [link] [comments]  |
| Launching MVP on Reddit without getting removed or banned Posted: 30 Aug 2021 01:41 AM PDT Hi, I launched an MVP (a spreadsheet) across various subreddits I've identified as appropriate but it was removed by the mods. How should I go about this situation? After posting my spreadsheet, I got an incredible amount of traction within 24 hours in one of the subs. There was a form on the post and on the spreadsheet for users to leave their emails for future updates if they wanted to. So many people left their emails. The mods objected to this and removed my post because I was "trying to collect personal info". Since this is a google sheets, users make a copy and aren't able to receive updates unless I get in touch with them. I then removed any forms and mentioned on the post and spreadsheet: I'm not allowed to ask for emails, so if you are interested in future updates please DM me. The mods objected to that too. I've explained that all this to them and they won't budge. It is such a shame because people have been messaging me about getting access to the spreadsheet after the post was taken down. People are actively engaging with it and have been giving great feedback. I want to post on other subs but I don't want to get into any trouble. Do you have any advice on how to best handle this situation and on how I can still engage and get meaningful feedback? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2021 08:59 AM PDT How do you make a decision between two potential cofounders with personality issues? YC's application deadline lays less than two weeks away, and I'm trying to decide between two cofounders. One of them seems nice but unreliable. The other seems like kind of an asshole but very eager to get things done. With the unreliable one, I thought we were going to work together and build an MVP in August, but he spent all month not responding and coming up with reasons (vacation, job interviews, working on other startup ideas, etc.) he couldn't even read the business plan I'd drafted. Then finally at nearly the end of the month, he reads the business plan. But at least he seems kinda nice. With the potentially aggressive asshole, I've only chatted with him once. He cuts me off mid-sentence, seems eager to know my ideas and investor relationships, mysteriously left his last startup right before they raised a monster fundraising round, is kinda domineering, and says he wants to build something that can scale quickly. He's not the type I could see people wanting to have a beer with, but I could be wrong. His personality reminds me of the Zenefits founder Conrad Parker (IYKYK). But he has an elite engineering degree, managerial experience in SV, and he's much more responsive and eager to get to work. Since I wasted all of August waiting for the nice guy to read the business plan, we now have a week and a half to apply to YC, and it'll have to be just an idea. As a risk-averse person, I really don't want to work with the aggressive guy. It just seems like he brings a potentially volatile dynamic. But as I only have about a week to submit YC application without an MVP, the "strength" of our team on paper will matter. Again, the nice guy takes forever to respond to stuff and seems weaker on paper than the aggressive potential a-hole. The other thing is, if the a-hole and I don't get into YC, I'll probably want to ditch the relationship and just go to pre-seed investors with the nicer guy. But as YC will take until Nov. to finish decisions, I may not know for another two months where that stands. Mind advising? Feeling so frustrated. [link] [comments]  |
| Non-compete clause while switching to a competitor Posted: 29 Aug 2021 05:11 AM PDT I'm currently working at a startup in on-demand grocery delivery business and I'm a resident of New York. I am unhappy with my compensation package and had said this about 3 months ago. I have basically zero long term incentive alignment unfortunately. Also, previously, I was at a VC firm that invested in a competitor. That competitor is much bigger in valuation and has bigger names in cap table. One of the founders of the competitor reached out to me to join to the competitor, with an executive role, possibly a much better comp plan and maybe a Green Card sponsorship. We basically knew each other because the firm I was in was an early investor and I had good reputation there. He asked me about my non-compete clause and I said I will look into it. I'm not a lawyer, but it seemed like my non-compete clause seemed overly broad and time limit is 3 months. However, I'm in the US with F-1 OPT and I have only 90 days of unemployment, which I'm not keen to use. My current company does not apply to GC for any of the employees (They didn't apply for a colleague of mine even after they forgot to apply to H1b for her). This can be a life changing opportunity and I don't want to miss this. I am not planning to transfer any confidential information or document to the new company. I am planning to talk about this with my current manager and then the exec team at my firm if I get an offer. What do you think about the implications and how I can steer this? Is the non-compete clause enforceable in State jurisdictions? More info: 1) My current company's entity is set up in Delaware. HQ is in New York and I am a resident in New York. I can also move my residency to New Jersey if helpful/needed. 2) The competitor set up the US entity in Delaware and HQ is in Illinois. [link] [comments]  |
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