Work in a startup - is it worth agreeing to?

Question

Startups

Offered a job in a startup (Germany). Tell me how to assess the prospects of a startup, what questions to ask the owners. It is clear that you need to know your benefits, I'm not talking about that. What should I ask so that with a high degree of probability it can be concluded that they will not close in a couple of months after they hire me?

Answer 1

> Offered a job in a startup.
> They have been living for more than a year.
It's not right to ask questions like this on this site. No offense, but it’s mostly amateurs who have read articles about “startups”, about investments, etc. Maybe the party-goers of “startup parties”, those who themselves created their own “startups”, who were brainwashed by investors right and what is wrong.
All this is husk.
What they will suggest is quite predictable:
> Find out what fund they are sitting on, where the greens come from?
> Does the project have funding?
1. This is not an indicator or a guarantee that the investor will not stop financing and that they will not be fired.
2. Attracting an investor has its drawbacks, so some deliberately refuse external financing.
> Tell me how to assess the prospects of a startup, what questions to ask the owners
To answer this question, you need to become a bit of an entrepreneur yourself.
Questions can be something like this:
- how much income this company brings
- the ratio of income / expenses
- the dynamics of changes in the client base, if this is a site - look at traffic, evaluate where the peaks came from (pumping with advertising or real interest)
- how did the introduction of new features affect this dynamics
In general, the point is to try to imagine that you yourself are the owner of all this, and you need to answer the question:
If you had to hire someone like you, would it be profitable for you?
As long as it's profitable, no one gets fired.

Answer 2

There is no way you will know if they will close or not, I agreed, I appreciated the interestingness of the project + the technologies with which I would have to work and decided that this was a great chance to practice. Well, if something does not work out, then I will always find a standard job in the office =) So if you are interested in a project or a lot of money, why not?

Answer 3

What are you being asked to do and under what conditions?
If the word “work” appears in the context of the sentence, then it is just work. You do business and you get paid for it. In this case, work in a startup is understood as a working environment: Close relationships with the team, area of ​​responsibility, fancy office, etc. If you like it, then why not agree.
If I offer you a job for a share or a sweet agreement, then think about your possibilities yourself. How long can you last without a paycheck, and for what? Working in a startup is an awesome experience and a great chance to get rich. If you like the topic and you believe in the idea, then you should agree. First, offer to work part time, and work most of the time at a regular job.
Questions I would like to ask:
1. Does the project have funding?
2. What is the development plan?
3. What are the terms of cooperation?

Answer 4

Find out what fund they are sitting on, where does the greenery come from? If nothing, then they won’t last more than a year, so you shouldn’t meddle

Answer 5

What you need to ask so that with a high degree of probability it can be concluded that they will not close in a couple of months

I don't think it's predictable at all.
Evaluate the idea that you will embody, will it work? will it be in demand?
Well, even if the guys from Germany score, and you have the desire to do it, then you can find new guys for the team.
And if you don't find it, you'll still gain experience.

Answer 6

I propose to consider such situations based on a situation of complete failure:
What will you get if you go there and after three months you are fired because you can not cope with your duties / the company falls apart?
After answering this question: it will be clear whether or not

Answer 7

No.
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