2014–2026
169 posts
2026 34
July 2026
- Guides — Startups Anonymous
- Best Registered Agent Services (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- What Is the Owner of an LLC Called? — Startups Anonymous
- AMBR Meaning in an LLC: What Is It? — Startups Anonymous
- How to Get Health Insurance for LLC Owners (2026) — Startups Anonymous
June 2026
- How Do You Find Out Who Owns an LLC? — Startups Anonymous
- What Is an LLC Executor? — Startups Anonymous
May 2026
- Best Registered Agent Services (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- Should You Wear a Suit if You're a Businessman? — Startups Anonymous
- How to Start a Nonprofit Organization in 2026 — Startups Anonymous
- How to Start a Business on Amazon in 2026 — Startups Anonymous
- Northwest Registered Agent Review (2026) — Startups Anonymous
April 2026
- What Is an EIN Number and What Is It For? — Startups Anonymous
- What Is a Limited Liability Company (LLC)? — Startups Anonymous
- Buy Now, Pay Later Statistics (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- MogoMoney Review 2026 | Rates, Fees & Ratings — Startups Anonymous
- Best Domain Registrar in Australia (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- Best Accounting Software in Australia (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- LendingMate Review (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- Best VPS Hosting Providers in Australia (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- Best VPNs for Australia (2026) — Startups Anonymous
March 2026
- Best Web Hosting in Australia (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- Best Web Hosting in Canada (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- The Best Life Insurance in Canada (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- The Best High-Interest Savings Accounts in Canada (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- How to Form an LLC in New York (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- How to Form an LLC (2026) — Startups Anonymous
February 2026
- How to Get US Netflix in Canada (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- Avast vs Bitdefender (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- Best Mattress in Canada (2026) — Startups Anonymous
- 35 Gig Economy Statistics (2026) — Startups Anonymous
January 2026
2022 1
September 2022
2021 1
April 2021
2020 5
July 2020
- Questions·Jun 25, 20201Can i dilute my cofounders equity
- Questions·Jun 29, 2020Should I consider VAT tax [uk 20%] in my subscription price?
June 2020
2019 12
September 2019
- Confessions·Feb 13, 20192I dated my co-founder for 7 years. We just broke up, but still working together. It hurts, but the company needs both of us. Anybody ever managed to pull that off ?
- Confessions·May 20, 20194I’m COO of a FinTech, we´re 2 partners and our product has a lot of potential. My partner is the CEO and has the biggest % of shares in our company. My partner doesn’t like Angel Investors or VCs, we need money in order to continue, what can I do?
- Confessions·Apr 29, 20194I am a bootstrapping founder and have stayed small. I’m very happy as a lifestyle business and have not made much money, but then again, I haven’t worked very much to earn it. I’m growing slowly (one product) and happy I am alone.
- Stories·Feb 14, 20192Academic co-founder from hell
July 2019
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
- Confessions·Sep 11, 20193Startup survivor: My startup failed in a bad, bad, way. More than a year later I still suffer from depression and PTSD. I’d like to connect with traumatized founders for support. Please reach out via the contact author button.
- Stories·Jun 20, 20193My co-founder is sleeping with our employee
February 2019
- Stories·Sep 11, 20195Severe burnout, exhaustion and depression
- Stories·Jul 20, 20198New business partner and having second thoughts
- Confessions·Sep 17, 20192My Seed round was so painful to raise, that I am left with a deep hatred for VCs in general. Now that I should raise a Series A, this boiling anger holds me back. I just can't outgrow it.
2018 10
October 2018
September 2018
March 2018
- Closing startup with hate from customers after 2 years of promises we couldn't keep simply because we didn't give a shit about the product. Feeling like a liar after trying to convince everyone this was my dream when deep down I knew I hated it. — Startups Anonymous
- My business partner is jealous of the relationship that I've developed with our team and she does everything to make everyone uncomfortable at the office because of it. — Startups Anonymous
- Despite all the advantages I have, I've only jumped from failure to failure … With nothing to show for it — Startups Anonymous
- Me every night: why are customers so stupid? First they don't understand what I'm offering them for months. Finally, they buy anyway. But then they pay 4 weeks after deadline? Work would be really nice if the customers weren't there. #b2bInGermany — Startups Anonymous
- I can’t work with my investor, but I need him because he pushes me beyond my limits. Getting sick of it though. — Startups Anonymous
February 2018
January 2018
2017 11
December 2017
November 2017
- Even though my startup is about to pass the £1m ARR mark, it's taken 5 years to get there, the niche we operate in isn't giving the growth we need to get excited, and I dunno whether to continue, sell, give up, or pivot. — Startups Anonymous
- I was depressed, and even now that I'm feeling much much better I’m afraid to apply to new jobs because of the gap on my resume. The real irony is that I'm a leader in the mental health tech space. — Startups Anonymous
- I was coding for a startup whose CEO cannot make decisions, the CTO doesn't know the difference between front-end and back-end and the VP of Sales sells not-existing products. I resigned today. I wonder how such clowns can raise money. — Startups Anonymous
October 2017
August 2017
March 2017
February 2017
- I feel unable to set boundaries with my cofounder. The startup I'm in started as a fun side project and I didn't expect it to grow so quickly. All the talk of commitment has me terrified but I don't want to let him down. — Startups Anonymous
- A company I built went from making 1-2 million a year for eight years to 30k this year. I'm letting the company fold. I'm afraid to become an employee for someone else and let the founders profit off my ideas while I get a pat on the back. Sadness. — Startups Anonymous
- Brought some cofounders in right away to an idea. They were sold on it! Great, let’s get to work, two of them were working full time. They were slacking, I got very bossy so I kicked them off the team. We’re still in idea mode. — Startups Anonymous
January 2017
2016 11
December 2016
October 2016
- I can’t work alone … I’m crippled at even the thought of working alone. Sometimes I think my main motivation for working is that I can show others how good I am. I can work endlessly when i’m working with someone. — Startups Anonymous
- I finally no longer want to kill myself. Running and doing a startup is hard, so dont take everything too personally. If you have depression issues, get help right away like I did. You are worth more than your startup. — Startups Anonymous
September 2016
- Dumb VC : Your tech is pure sci-fi, your market is 85B$++, you have strong traction and your team is made of rockstars, we acknowledge all that. But the excel projection you made up is not cool enough. We won’t invest. Me : FUUUUUUUUUUUUU — Startups Anonymous
- My co-founder just got a job and didn’t tell a couple of people who are working effectively for free right now. I didn’t even knowIs that right or is that wrong? — Startups Anonymous
June 2016
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
January 2016
- Bootstrapping your startup sucks. I tripled revenues in 2015, but this week I have to pay off 15 thousand in taxes and debt. My startup apps are about to launch soon, but I wonder if it is worth it. I’ve aged like 10 years in the last 3. — Startups Anonymous
- “Everybody is a genius. But if ask a fish to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” — Unless that fish is an entrepreneur. Then it just climbs the damn tree. — Startups Anonymous
2015 17
December 2015
- Every day is a struggle. Things are going pretty good for us and yet every day I experience unbearable amounts of stress and wonder why I’m even doing this. I care a lot about what we do, I just think the personal price is getting out of hand for me. — Startups Anonymous
- Despite advice from all over, I don’t believe in ‘legal protection’ between partners. Contracts only get useful after shit has already hit the fan, and so are a waste of time.At the same time, I’m terrified of the idea that shit will hit the fan… — Startups Anonymous
- “Exploratory research is really like working in a fog. You don’t know where you’re going. You’re just groping. Then people learn about it afterwards and think how straightforward it was.” – Francis Crick — Startups Anonymous
November 2015
- I was always told to keep our funding options open, but it feels like we have swindled potentially a few people as they are all options that we keep on hold. Fundraising almost feels like being a con. — Startups Anonymous
- At a band audition being asked to whiteboard the physics formulas for my instrument’s harmonic series without playing a single note … oh, wait, no … at an interview being asked to code yet another sort algorithm. Hiring’s become completely tone-deaf. — Startups Anonymous
October 2015
- As a guy who has been in three start ups, I can confidently tell you that the more I work in these kinds of companies, the more I realize that most are clearly just not going to succeed. — Startups Anonymous
- Beginning to think my startup is worthless/irrelavent/useless. In the beginning I was really hyped and saw the vision for this company. Now I’m still in development, but I’m starting to doubt myself and thinking maybe I should quit. — Startups Anonymous
August 2015
July 2015
- 18 year old Cofounder of a startup, I’ve been trying to raise a pre-seed round and the amount of people ignoring us and not giving us decisive answers has literally thrown me into a pit of depression. — Startups Anonymous
- Doesn’t matter if I fail or succeed… I can’t wait to write a book about some of the shit I’ve seen…. — Startups Anonymous
June 2015
April 2015
March 2015
- A thousand ideas and have past success at developing them to businesses. But I seem to self sabotage them somehow. I get anxious and look for the safety net. I see the corporate world limiting my energy. A bad corporate citizen. Break free, how? — Startups Anonymous
- I was busting my ass for 6 months – being told that the CEO was going to get the seed round done.I just got told today that it isn’t going to happen – out of the blue with no warning whatsoever.Now I’m out in the cold. Sucks being mushroomed… — Startups Anonymous
- I can’t stop tossing my developers into the tree mulcher after 9 months of slave labor. It’s too easy just to replace them using my battle tested “rockstar full stack developer wanted 150k++” job posting. — Startups Anonymous
- Bathroom in coworking spaces suck!!! Unfortunately in SF, the M/F ratio is completely off balance and nothing to accommodate the gender imbalance in the bathrooms. — Startups Anonymous
- All I can think about is my new business. It’s killing everything else. — Startups Anonymous
2014 67
November 2014
October 2014
- I don’t hire/fire conservatives. I simply can’t trust the critical thinking and flexibility of someone who denies the science behind evolution or global warming. Their ideology infects every aspect of their work bc they fit data to their beliefs — Startups Anonymous
- Even while trying to minimize premature optimization I find myself climbing a mountain that seems to grow above me with every step I take. I can’t even call this scope creep because I couldn’t scope something without understanding its depth first. — Startups Anonymous
- My cofounder is a girl … and so many of the stereotypes hold true. — Startups Anonymous
September 2014
- Although I knew about the importance of shipping early and often, I let my co founder drag his feet so long I ran out of money. Now I have to go get a job. Listen to those who say it: ship now, ship often, don’t wait, validate early. — Startups Anonymous
- I have no faith in the equity crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act accomplishing any goal other than that which is the opposite of what the Act was even initiated for. Entrepreneurs are being F’d in the A by the govt. — Startups Anonymous
- We’re about to fire our head of marketing. Our CEO just received an email from them, 2 typed pages long, ranting about the company and their problems with it. It was the most any of us had seen them work. — Startups Anonymous
- I cry almost every night. Being an entrepreneur with bi-polar is really fucking hard. — Startups Anonymous
August 2014
- I am filing an unpaid wages claim despite knowing it will lead nowhere except getting the matter on the record. — Startups Anonymous
- 2 years ago I began a relationship with a women with 3 kids. I fell in love with all of them. My business isn’t making money. As much as I love them, I know they would be better off with a more stable man of the house. I think it’s best for them if I go. — Startups Anonymous
- Creating a product for a company with 4 direct decision makers. Having so many folks in your ear is a nightmare, NEVER AGAIN. Now it is mandatory I interface with 1 decision maker on any project. And we take 25% down in case they change their minds. — Startups Anonymous
- How do these exec douchebags get press coverage for leaving their post from one company to the other? I’m not even talking about big companies like google, execs at like 12 person startups. — Startups Anonymous
- My company was acquired a few years ago so I’m fully vested. I’m only still here because I’m remote and I only have to work a few hours a week for a generous salary. At the same time I feel guilty for taking advantage of this and being complacent. — Startups Anonymous
- At this point, I’m about ready to wave the white flag and hope for an acquihire. We have great tech and a great team, but we can’t seem to find product/market fit. Tired of bashing my head against the wall. — Startups Anonymous
- After four years of being an entrepreneur, I now have to find a job. Shoot me now. — Startups Anonymous
July 2014
- I fear that my startup has sacrificed a lot of the interesting applications of our technology for the sake of revenue. Even though the business is growing quickly. I also have a meta-fear that this fear is naive. — Startups Anonymous
- The CEO of my startup (Amicus) embezzled funds and has crafted quite the tale to make it seem like he just messed up our taxes. — Startups Anonymous
- Why is it that those with “big” and also “middle-size” names are saying they’re so damn open and easy to contact, and when you look for an Email or try to connect somewhere, they never respond, nor even accept an invite? Just bla bla bla as always. — Startups Anonymous
- I feel guilty about having a relatively easy time raising money. I seeded my own company with a fund that I share with my parents. Now, I’m close to finalizing my first series A. I know this is hard, and I feel guilty it was easy for me and not others. — Startups Anonymous
June 2014
- Every day my frustrations increase. I need an outlet beyond exercise. I think I’m going to take up hunting. — Startups Anonymous
- Is it cool to provide updates to a potential angel that expressed interest early on but has been silent for a while? How best can we nurture relationships when folks are so busy and getting hundreds of emails a day? — Startups Anonymous
- As founder of a new startup should I dye my grey hair? — Startups Anonymous
- Do you know of a lot of successful solo entrepreneurs? — Startups Anonymous
- AMA — Startups Anonymous
- Would you be interested in investing outside the States? — Startups Anonymous
- Do you ever mentor entrepreneurs? — Startups Anonymous
- I’m a student in Canada and I want to do an internship in San Francisco, but nobody wants to hire from across the border. How can I make this happen? — Startups Anonymous
- If you add up all your venture investments and sweat over the years and look at your overall returns, would you have been better off just investing in the stock market and use your time for a job with increasing regular income? — Startups Anonymous
- What can I do at startup school event to connect with staff and increase chances of getting in next YC round? — Startups Anonymous
- What to do when the CEO doesn’t want to hire a bookkeeper? — Startups Anonymous
- How significant is the age of founders in your investment decisions? — Startups Anonymous
- How do I get started in Angel investing? I have a decent chunk of change that I would like to put toward more aggressive/risky endeavors. I’m in the midwest as well if that matters. — Startups Anonymous
- What are the most important things you look for when making an investment decision? — Startups Anonymous
- I launched a consumer app. There are other apps that my target users are using. Some say get funding so I can buy ads to grow the users base fast. Others say take the time to get traction, then ask for money. What’s the better approach? — Startups Anonymous
- When is the right time to seek out funding? — Startups Anonymous
- My CEO told me that it was OK if our flagship product never shipped, because it connected us to industry. I asked for more details and he just glared death at me. — Startups Anonymous
- Role of sysadmins in early stage startups — Startups Anonymous
- Are there rumblings of a bubble bursting? — Startups Anonymous
- Another day almost gone, another day having not completed the one major task on my list. Why can’t I motivate myself to get this done? I love accomplishment, but sometimes hate the work that goes into it. — Startups Anonymous
May 2014
- StoriesWe’re Shutting Down and I’m ScaredAfter over two years, backing from a well-known accelerator, nearly one million in funding and a decent amount of traction, we’re shutting…Jan 28, 2014202 answers
- And just to think, only yesterday Evan Spiegel was probably saying, it sure would suck to be Mahbod Moghadam right now. — Startups Anonymous
- If you are not cash flow positive, *including being able to pay staff a reasonable salary,* within 2 years based on real product shipments, then STOP! Shutdown, liquidate, just walk away… I spent 9 years making this mistake. — Startups Anonymous
- When I first started I did not think the people mattered that much. Turned out my partner was a jealous egotistical intregitless lying self server. Despite all the ways he screwed me, it was my mistake for deciding to go into business with him. — Startups Anonymous
- My 1st startup failed. I started another one, launched it, got to the top page of hackernews & it crashed. New version is ready but I am too scared of failure to pull the trigger and launch again. — Startups Anonymous
- I binge code; sometimes few days go by where I write no code. Then I turn it up and work 12 or so hours and spit features out. My startup is more than happy with my productivity as CTO. I imagine what would be possible if I could code 40 hours a week — Startups Anonymous
- Competitor went ~200 million IPO. We are growing at a faster rate than this competitor! Our costs are less than this competitor! — Startups Anonymous
- This bullshit on “hiring the best coder” makes me sick sometimes. You don’t need anything beyond determination and commitment to get the job done. I’m doing it and I’ve seen smart people pivot with zero domain knowledge and execute superbly — Startups Anonymous
- Our core value we created for the past 2 years is slowly being eaten away by competitors and large companies that are difficult to work with. Here’s hoping the next pivot works, or we stick a fork in it. — Startups Anonymous
- The accelerator we were in is about to fuck us over due to inflexibility. — Startups Anonymous
- I cry, on the inside, every morning when I think about how much further I need to go just to get to the first major milestone, yet I push on. — Startups Anonymous
- At the airport, heading on a sales trip for my own company and I can’t help but smile. Finally decided to stop talking about ideas and actually implement one. That was three years ago and it’s still amazing what that decision has afforded me. — Startups Anonymous
- I can’t bear to think about our competitors as I am so angry they are achieving what we’re not (they have 10s of millions of dollars investment and we have none). I live only with the hope that our business model is unique enough to beat them. — Startups Anonymous
- We did development for a big company as a way to get money while we grow our product. It’s been 6 months and, in spite of having a contract, they haven’t paid. And I think they never will. The worst part: I already paid 20k in taxes over this contract. — Startups Anonymous
- I have a competition in me. I want no other startup to succeed. I hate most VCs. There are times when I … I look at companies and see nothing worth liking. I see the worst in startups. I don’t need to look past seeing them to get all that I need. — Startups Anonymous
- Finally doing things my way… and nothing makes me realize more how wrong people in my industry are doing things. I find humor in their ignorance. — Startups Anonymous
- You don’t need to sacrifice your life, overwork, not sleep and suffer to build a successful startup. I bootstrapped a successful company working 6-7 hours a day, not stressing, and having lots of fun. — Startups Anonymous
April 2014
- We had a falling out with our partner because they are toxic to our customers and are control freaks. We are looking for a silent investor, otherwise we will sadly have to dissolve a great organic Juice bar in Southern California — Startups Anonymous
- A startup interviewer demanded me to give a salary range or else I wouldn’t be considered. I explained that I’m just opening myself up to being lowballed and that no good business person would answer. 10 mins later they told me their salary range… — Startups Anonymous
- “A year from now, you’ll wish you had started today” – Unknown — Startups Anonymous
- I can’t stand interviewing at startups. Most startups are self-obsessed and oblivious to the real world. They want to sell me, and waste my time, instead of telling me why they want me. Most aren’t even serious about hiring anyone. — Startups Anonymous
March 2014
- Our CTO is classic big-fish-small-pond smartest-guy-in-the-room material. Half out tech team have better resumes than him and at least a few of them have the same level of “soft” skills. I tried to like him, but have really started hating him. — Startups Anonymous
- Don’t go into business with friends unless you are willing to lose them. — Startups Anonymous
- A 50/50 founder split is a horrible idea! Don’t do it. — Startups Anonymous
February 2014
- ConfessionsI have a full-time job, but spend nearly 100% of company-time working on my startup. My startup was covered by Ad Age, which my boss receives. He was in a meeting when the article hit, so I went into his email and deleted it.Feb 28, 201467 answers
- Congress used the JOBS Act to advance crony capitalism and has yet to make good on the one section that it was intended for: equity-based crowdfunding for unaccredited investors. They’re gutting it first to prevent any real change from happening. — Startups Anonymous
- Conspiracy Theory: Every massively overvalued acquisition of technology companies is a tax shelter play. Follow the money and you’ll find the same players on both sides of the deal. — Startups Anonymous
January 2014