Launch Chat

Today’s question comes from Samuel. Where can I go to find people who are buying small or medium businesses? I want to sell one of my businesses but I’m not sure where to go first.

Today’s question comes from Thomas. If you had to choose a technical co-founder, which one would you choose? A) A “rockstar developer” that you haven’t worked with and don’t know very well, or B) A good developer with good skills, AND with whom you already have a good relationship and working history?

Today’s question comes from Ruben. I’m working on a Slackbot that guides startups through finding product market fit. Some of my early adopters are asking for a done-for-you service that simply does the marketing tasks we recommend. I know this isn’t scalable - what should I do?

Today’s question comes from Michael. I’m the only marketing person at an early-stage startup and I’ve been asked to submit a budget for the next few quarters. I don’t have experience putting together budgets and assumed I wouldn’t be able to spend much because we are bootstrapping. How should I approach creating a budget?

Today’s question comes from Jordan. We’ve created a food product and need to find a way to get feedback from customers before we can raise funding. How can we do that without having to pay for a large order with a manufacturer or painstakingly doing it ourselves?

Today’s question comes from James. I’m helping out a friend who’s working on a startup idea by doing some user interviews and architecting. How should I think about compensation? Should it just be equity or some type of salary?

Today’s question comes from Sam. I have an idea for something I haven’t seen done yet. I’m a creative and know nothing about the coding side. How can I execute on an idea when most of my talents would be useful post-launch?

Today’s question comes from Britton. We are building an e-commerce platform and want to make sure we cover our insurance needs before we launch. What is your recommendation?

Today’s question comes from Kennedy. I’ve created a delivery service app (with a solid acquisition cost) but I can’t get enough return users, which we need to keep this kind of app going. What do you suggest?

Today’s question comes from Kaitlyn. I’ve been working on a beta version of my app for a few months but recently another app came out with the same overall concept. How should I deal with this?

Today’s question comes from Tim. I hired a team to develop my app since I don’t know much about coding. How can I protect myself from someone taking my code and building another app with it?

Today’s question comes from Ken. As a technical founder, where do you start with marketing and sales? Should you go out and find a marketing focused co-founder?

Today’s question comes from Eric and deals with market research. Specifically, what’s the most effective way to do market research before launching your company?

Today’s question comes from Leroy. Leroy’s questions has to do with how to pitch a product that doesn’t exist yet. How can you pitch from just an idea without a product or prototype to back it up?

Today’s question is from Michael. My partner and I are in pre-development for an online app. We are doing some user feedback surveys and thought about doing a prototype of the game that people could play while providing feedback. Is there anything else we should be doing to get feedback at this time?

Today’s question comes from Thomas and he has question about technical outsourcing. I have a strong idea for an app but I’m torn between hiring a development company and bringing on a technical co-founder. What are the pros and cons of each?

Today’s question comes from Benji. I’ve been thinking about building an app, but I’ve heard a lot about app fatigue. Do you have ideas on how we can keep people engaged?

Today’s question comes from Steve. I want to pay my team when they are able to get me a meeting and then structure it so they get paid a higher percentage if the deal closes. How can I assure my team that they are getting paid appropriately for how they setup meetings? What are other incentives I can use?

Today’s question comes from Tamara. What is your philosophy on how much ownership you want your sales team to have as far as the company and its goals and direction are concerned?

Today’s question comes from Rocky. I’ve been following a startup for a while and there was some early traction, they seemed to be growing, and they had good press. However, it now looks like they are out of business. What would cause that?