Startup Crisis

Spent over 2 and a half years pivoting three times but couldn't save ourselves. Spent over 1 cr on a marketing agency , founders split up and one of them stopped taking part in the day to day affairs. The startup has been at it since 7 years. Founder is still doesn't want to accept the known, so quit finally. Being in engineering even did support and marketing but we just ran of money. This has drained me and don't know what to do now?

Folks out there who are starting up a company or have built one. What according to you is the most challenging part? - getting clients, employee management (hiring and retaining), getting funds or investors, dealing with govt policies (taxes) or anything else?

I am a Software Engineer with 6 years of work experience. Currently working for a US based startup. Previously I have worked for Amazon and a couple of Indian startups. My current org is remote and I am working from my hometown. It's super chill in this company and work is only to build CRUD and APIs. I feel too stagnant here, my manager is also super chill and is in retirement mode. I feel this will message my future. I joined this company so I can work on my start up but haven't been very active there too. Recently a Google recruiter contacted me for a L4 role and had the recruiter screen and he scheduled the interview for the next month. Google base monthly salary for L4 is way below my current since it's a US based startup. But with RSUs Google annual CTC his higher. I am confused whether to continue in my org and focus back on startup or start preparing for Google interview. In the long term I want to start my company. At the same time Google will offer an AI ecosystem and resources that will help my startup. Please share your views.

Looking for responses people from both sides

I used to work as an analyst with a VC fund prior to this startup stint. I chose this role because I would get exposure to how debt is treated in the startup ecosystem. When I was on boarded, it was clear that I needed to scout my deals, analyse the documents and see how things go through till the money is disbursed to the startup. Now, a new head has been hired who is a sales person. He expects us to not curate deals but make 150 calls a day and just play the game of quantity and not quality. It’s been not even 3 months here (I have performed better than the people who joined with me or maybe even a couple of months before). Q. How should I tackle this because I am not a sales person at all Q. How should I approach the founder, who is fairly egoistic and does not like it when people do not agree with his ideas?

Hey everyone, We've got an exciting journey ahead, and we're at a crossroads. Our AI startup is all set to take off, but we're fighting with an important question: should we seek funding for our startup ? Here's the scoop: Our team is hard at work on a game-changing problem-solving service platform. Right now, we've got the skills to create the entire product, but most of us are Python enthusiasts, and we could use some extra hands with diverse talents to take our venture to the next level, which do require funding. The story behind our decision to dive into the startup world is the success of our previous project. It gained some impressive traction, fueling our desire to turn it into a startup. But there's a hurdle on the horizon - funding. And also the investment landscape is in a bit of a winter chill right now. And we don't know much about the process of funding 😕. feel free to drop your advice in the comments below.

I've just launched my first startup, and I feel like I'm making mistakes left and right. The stress is overwhelming, and I'm starting to doubt everything. What's the biggest mistake you made when starting your business? How did you recover from it, and what advice would you give to a struggling newbie like me?

About me: 25M working in a super early stage startup for 1yr. The startup is only 2 yrs old with seed funding. 2 pivots, but none worked. The 3rd pivot is interesting and we still don't know if it'll work I want to understand the life of an Early employee, how do you manage to keep hope, or when to call it quits? Have vested esops. Also feel if I can get 1.5X cash salary if i switch

In this economic condition should you join a pre seed startup? Let's assume founders have good experience in the startup ecosystem have a working product and some paid customers, but still figuring out what the product will be after a year or so And the product at core uses ai Can't tell the whole thing as its pretty small company right now and don't want to discuss something about them publicly