Discuss

• Why is fundraising glamorized over making profits in the tech startup world?
• Why is hardware so hot right now?
• Why is it dangerous to split startup shares 50-50 between the 2 founders?
• Why is it so difficult to find a technical co-founder for your start-up?
• Why is it that payment gateways are reluctant to partner with companies in the recruitment space?
• Why is it that shit companies get better outsourced IT projects ?
• Why is it that there is no exclusive club to have a pizza sliced across its members for every idea?
• Why is so much of Silicon Valley obsessed with small ideas that don't solve a problem?
• Why is sustainability so seldom embedded at the early stages of a business startup?
• Why is the FitBit not a Class 2 medical device if diabetics use it to monitor glucose levels?
• Why is the U.S. falling behind the rest of the world in public transportation innovation?
• Why is there so much noise with growth hacking? How do you find a good growth hacker?
• Why it's hard to sell furniture online?
• Why not call it Oriented Creative Process instead of Design Thinking?
• Why pay sales team prior to results?
• Why people that have brilliant ideas lack business skills, and vice-verse?
• Why pick my own salary?
• Why product companies are switching from outstaffing agencies back to freelancers?
• Why smart ones don't want to be enterpreneur?
• Why terms of acquisitions are not disclosed?
• Why there are so many demand for educational and online exam software
• Why to walk and depend on public transport?
• Why would Amazon buy Slack?
• Why wouldn’t Twitter want a full-time CEO?
• Will AI ever truly compete with human design/UXUI?
• Will Google ReInvest in Google Glass?
• Will MOOCs kill advanced degrees and credentials?
• Will Pinterest be a powerful developer platform?
• Will Rocket Internet’s struggles make other incubators think twice about going public?
• Will a startups take someone in and provide a non-traditional inside looking out experience?
• Will automated dev shops make it easier for startups to release products?
• Will ending the embargo with Cuba help your business?
• Will live programming help Snapchat keep up with Facebook?
• Will more Fortune 500 companies, like General Electric start using Crowdfunding?
• Will other big startups follow Pinterest's new employee tax rules?
• Will our productivity tools eventually be used to measure/spy on us?
• Will startup founders hire you if you are for short term -1.5 years?
• Will streaming video replace the television?
• Will the Government buy from startups?
• Will the U.S.’s departure from the Paris Accords hurt green startups in America?
• Will the first successful implementation of VR be on PC, Mobile, or Console?
• Will the insurance market flooded with startups soon ?
• Will the sales & marketing depts eventually be merged into a smarketing dept?
• Will this mess up my SEO and brand identity?
• Will you provide feedback for this platform and share their story?
• Will you use a free hosting supplier for your website?
• Willingly to sell would you scale the margin only or do you find it is binding to sell value or even a revolutionized solution with advanced input?
• Wisdom about Side Projects?
• With more people working at home due to COVID what tools are you using to manage your health and wellbeing?
• With nearly 10,000 followers on Linkedin I would like to post ads for companies. How do I charge?
• With no references available, how did you vet the people in a startup you were thinking of joining?
• With over 11,000 bots now on Facebook Messenger, does anyone actually use one?
• Women vs. Men in leadership?
• Woopra versus MixPanel - for eCommerce site customer segmentation and funnel analysis?
• WordPress Hosting Recommendation Sought
• WordPress Staging Environment
• WordPress and WooCommerce as an eCommerce Solution
• Work, sleep, family, fitness, friends -pick three?
• Worker's Comp Coverage for Startup Owners
• Workers Comp for a Start-up
• Working on a pre-funding tech startup, what should we focus on for our prototype?
• Working on a side project when on H1b. What is a safe and legal path to incorporate and run it some day?
• Working out how to best approach mobile app affiliate program rates
• Working product with little tractions Vs. Sellable idea with a great pitch deck
• Working prototype is done, it works, how would you go about signing up major pet retailers or big box retailers?
• Working with Amazon Direct vs. Amazon FBA (fulfillment by amazon)?
• Working with distributors in China, good idea?
• Would I be able to sale 80% share of my product?
• Would You Want to Play Hands-On with Data/Analytics/Data Science?
• Would a Series A VC allow for a Reg A+ offering for the second round of funding?
• Would a rockstar employee in Corporate America deliver the same value at a startup?
• Would a startup founder pitching online his/her job offers make sense besides posting an ad?
• Would an big comapny considering working with a startup pay for the startup's travel expenses?
• Would an institutional investor consider being a guarantor for a seven figure loan to a startup?
• Would anyone be interested in giving me feedback for my new software?
• Would anyone in SF be interested in doing a business/tech founder meetup?
• Would entrepreneurs/startups hire students for intermediate to senior positions?
• Would investors accept a business cofounder instead of a tech cofounder?
• Would investors be ok with paying myself deferred payment post-financing?
• Would investors consider investing in a team that's not co-located?
• Would investors give funds to founders who are not willing to quit their day jobs?
• Would it be a business opportunity for Social Networks to offer vanity-domains?
• Would it be better for my smal business to contract out it's digital market / SEO or to bring on a partner to handle it.
• Would like to know the best way to reach business owners for sponsorship opportunities?
• Would people want to join or invest in my startup if they know I have an anxiety disorder?
• Would you accept an offer based on equity from person from other country?
• Would you accept this licencing agreement? What would you do?
• Would you advise keeping a developer on long term for maintenance after development or building your own technical team?
• Would you avoid starting an ‘on-demand’ startup?
• Would you choose a cofounder who’s older than 40 and has children?
• Would you consider the idea of a subscription commerce service validated at 1% conversion rate?
• Would you create a digital startup in the real estate sector? What would stop you? Too tough?
• Would you do an "Indie" startup if it could get funding?
• Would you ever bring up a future acquisition with an investor?
• Would you focus on building tangible skills, networking, etc. or on building a project without them?
• Would you have Beta users signup directly in your application or have them signup on mailing list?
• Would you have fired Talia Jane?
• Would you have invested in Snapchat in 2012? Why?
• Would you hire CTO who has a job?
• Would you hire a CTO that’s never worked at a startup?