Discuss

• What's the right equity/compensation split at the earliest stage?
• What's the right formula for the online education instructor payment model?
• What's the right time to Incorporate?
• What's the right way to register a Delaware C-Corp by non-US residents?
• What's the salary range for a kick-ass front end developer?
• What's the starting point for seeking funding?
• What's the typical equity split between founders, C-level, and grunts, over time?
• What's the typical investment limit for an angel round?
• What's the value of a lead investor?
• What's the value proposition that we must keep before startup advisers ?
• What's with all these hacked emails?
• What's your best advice on scaling a sales team?
• What's your best name idea for a new podcast discussing data?
• What's your best tip for taking on the 'big boys' as a start-up?
• What's your burn rate? What do you do to reduce it?
• What's your design stack?
• What's your entrepreneur DNA? [Feedback for FD team too]
• What's your experience creating an MVP for your startup?
• What's your experience in offering sales commissions for long-term recurring revenues?
• What's your experience with feature gating?
• What's your experience with sponsored LinkedIn ads?
• What's your favorite wireframing tool?
• What's your favourite webinar platform?
• What's your fundraising strategy?
• What's your go-to-market strategy when it comes to lead generation?
• What's your most effective way to stay happy, healthy, and productive as high-stress entrepreneur?
• What's your number one strategy to keep your email list hot?
• What's your philosophy on productivity?
• What's your reason/s why you'd outsource your IT needs?
• What's your recommended approach in building a prototype?
• What's your startup's analytics setup?
• What's your take on the divide between full VR and augmented reality?
• What's your take on the recent wave of AI and Chatbots in every industry?
• What's your view on the importance of culture to a company?
• What, if any, types of early-stage startups get acquired?
• What/How to think when seeking remote co-founders in general and in other countries in particular?
• What/where are available resources for Social Ventures?
• Whats a good e-commerce template with custom inputs by service?
• Whats a good recurring billing management system?
• Whats is the main challenge when you outsource ?
• Whats more important than time and capital in a startup?
• Whats needs to be done before a developer begins to build a review website such as Yelp?
• Whats the best Messaging for Conference booth?
• Whats the best solution for a start-up looking to out-source dev-ops?
• Whats the best way to get sales? Promote as a charity fund raiser or higher commissions to agents?
• Whats the best way to make money through ads on a mobile app?
• Whats the best way to promote a new child protection app we want to get as much press coverage?
• Whats the best way/program/course to take to get a basics on coding?
• Whats the key marketing advise to consider to get an eCommerce site off the ground ?
• Whats the norm for sharing financials with major clients?
• Whats your take on investing in the Africa Agricultural sector
• Whats' the best approach to build product for a new start-up - outsource or team building?
• What’s a fun perk to offer to early employees?
• What’s something your teachers did for you while you were in school that helped to encourage your ideas and thinking?
• What’s the best part about your job?
• What’s the best way to develop an app when you don’t have skills in app/web development?
• What’s the best way to market/launch a marketplace that connects caregivers to families of children and adults with disabilities?
• What’s the best wiki-style software for project documentation?
• What’s the biggest mistake a new employee can make?
• What’s the deal with prorate rights for startup investors?
• What’s the greatest memory of building your company and what was the hardest day and why?
• What’s the most equitable way to distribute online leads to salespeople?
• What’s the right structure for a growth team?
• What’s the risk in GovTech?
• What’s the single most powerful branding strategy you’ve implemented?
• What’s the worst piece of advice you ever received?
• What’s your favorite piece of feedback / thanks you get from users?
• What’s your take on data that shows more businesses are closing than opening in the U.S.?
• What’s your take on the status of women in business and do you find the question itself frustrating?
• When Evaluating Tools, What Factors Do You Consider?
• When VCs lead an investment round, do Angels join in? Do VCs like that?
• When a CEO is needed but the idea founder does not want to compromise the direction/vision, can there be a compromise?
• When a startup is stopped being referred as a startup?
• When a startup-new business offers equity as payment for services, why/when is it valuable v cash?
• When accepted to an incubator, who should you have on your team?
• When and at what price to acquire additional equity in future?
• When bootstrapping a product, how do you know if you should raise money?
• When building a user base, how do you decide between partial or full access to info?
• When can you discuss Kickstarter campaign?
• When consistent traction and key industry agreements not enough to convince angels...what's left?
• When did this forum become a Barbara Walters interview?
• When do I become an employee of my own company? Pros/cons?
• When do I hire first technical employee? And what should I be looking for when doing so?
• When do we need to hire a lawyer?
• When do you decide to raise funds for your startup?
• When do you need a lead developer vs a VP of Engineering?
• When does a company need to hire a dedicated data analyst?
• When does it make sense to file a patent?
• When does it make sense to get in touch with a competitor?
• When does it make sense to start a blog for your startup?
• When does product design and UX start to matter?
• When evaluating a new business opportunity, what are your "rules of thumb"?
• When finding a technology shipping partner, who do you recommend?
• When forming a startup, what are the personality traits you most look for in a cofounder?
• When hiring, do you have an HR department or work with Recruiters?
• When introducing premium services, bundle vs a la carte?
• When is a Board necessary for a start-up?
• When is a good time to bring in a third person (developer) to the team?
• When is breaking the rules okay?
• When is enough enough vs. when is it time to motivate the team?