Questions tagged [start-up]

A startup company or startup or start-up is an entrepreneurial venture or a new business in the form of a company, a partnership or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

A startup company or startup or start-up is an entrepreneurial venture or a new business in the form of a company, a partnership or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. These companies, generally newly created, are innovative in a process of development, validation and research for target markets. The term became internationally widespread during the dot-com bubble when a great number of dot-com companies were founded. Because of this history, startups are often assumed to be solely technology-based companies, but this is not necessarily true: the essence of startups is generally related to the concepts of ambition, innovation, scalability, and growth.

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Start a business or remain an employee?

I am a web programmer with a family and all the accompanying expenses. I am trying to decide whether to: develop my dream start-up (which will take at least 7 months) with no guarantee of success, or continue with my current occupation making…
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Is having a 'startup fund' a good idea?

I am a very passionate about saving money and also starting a business. Is saving money and having a startup fund a good idea? Note: I am asking because startups are super risky and 99% of the times you fail and lose the money.
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Tipping point with Cofounder. Is it him or me?

I have been working on a fin tech startup part time for the past year and a half and I am feeling like I am getting screwed over. Currently I have 10% of the equity that will be vested over 4 years with a one year cliff. As the technical founder I…
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Can I say operating costs are zero on my business plan?

I worked on a few gaming products during covid lockdown and now I'm presenting my business plan to incubators. I think my operating costs like rent, electricity, etc. are zero since I'm operating from my house that we own and I'm not hiring any…
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What's the deal with startup CEOs making shedloads of money while his company records yearly losses?

Like say, X company, where the CEO is already a billionaire while his company has lost many billions of dollars in the course of several years? Do you need investment from someone else to do this? If you start your own LLC(limited liability…
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How to find clients for my start-up?

I will launch a start-up with a couple of friends. We will work as data science and data engineering consultancy. All of us have similar backgrounds in maths, physics, and electrical engineering. How to find clients? How to build a network? I have…