10 startup questions
For corporate
- 1
What did you believe about this company at the start that you no longer believe?
- 2
Which of these is the honest reason you are here?
- The mission
- The people
- The equity
- The learning
- I have not thought about leaving yet
- 3
What is the thing we say to investors that makes you wince?
- 4
What would you do differently if you were the founder for a week?
- 5
How many hours did you really work last week, and how do you feel about it?
- 6
What are we not allowed to say about the runway, the product, or the plan?
- 7
What would you want to be true here at fifty people that is true at ten?
- 8
What is the customer we have that we should fire?
- 9
When did you last feel we were winning, and when losing?
- 10
What part of the culture would you be sad to lose as we grow?
Try answering these at the same time
Reading a question out loud means whoever answers first sets the tone for everyone else. In Answersealed you each answer privately, and the answers only open once everyone has replied — so you get what people actually thought.
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