We are a team of three working on a simulation software startup in the 3D printing space. Two of the three co-founders (including me) are recent University grads. For the past few months we have been working full-time, living on our savings from the grad-school funding and the prize money from a local startup competition that we won. However, now we are running out of our funds and would probably dry-out before we have a product ready to launch/show-off.
We are open to the idea of external funding of any sort. We have talked to a bunch of investors and are currently in talks with a company that is interested in acqui-hiring us(nothing's finalized and we are still debating if it would be a good thing or not to take the deal, in case we get one). We have received good response and validation from most of the investors we talked to (which is motivating), but, not surprisingly, they all at least want to see a working product before they can think about funding us.
It will take us ~3 more months before we have a product that we can show-off. To keep us going until we have some funding/paying customers, we are planning to take up part-time freelancing projects to sustain our product development. We understand that this could be very consuming and there is a risk of losing focus, but we don't see another way that would keep our startup from dying out. I would really appreciate if you can share your advice, opinions and suggestions on this.
Note: We are also working on launching a kickstarter campaign.
Hi,
I worked on a very basic C decompiler during my undergrad. Somehow I moved on to other stuff and left the project. Today I was just browsing through my old code and came across it and all the reference material I collected for it.
Now I again feel the urge to restart my project (I hope the urge stays long enough :P ).
Just wanted to know if there are any fellow HNers interested in decompiler stuff .
Last year I wasn't able to join grad school because I couldn't arrange for enough money. I don't want to miss the chance this year for the same reason and my only take is to earn some money (Other ways are just not possible for me in my country :( ... Trust me I have tried a lot.)
I have started working on two webapps in my free time (about 15 hrs a week) - Atleast this is the positive outcome, after 2 years of thinking I have finally taken a plunge in the startup sea - Leaving exceptions apart how practical is my goal of earning this much in a year ?
Any suggestions are more than welcome :)
While starting up I'm sure all of us have times when we are frustrated or dejected. With n-person startups you usually have someone to listen to/help you. What do you do when you are a single person startup and specially when you are not very comfortable with people around you ?
