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type: podcast
authors:
  - alex-patterson
  - brittney-postma
episode: 10
recording_date: February 17, 2021 12:00 PM
season: 1
published: published
podcast: CodingCat.dev
chapters_done: true
cloudinary_convert: false
cover: https://media.codingcat.dev/image/upload/v1616519489/main-codingcatdev-photo/ilnwzjko76hr0lddwxk5.png
devto: https://dev.to/codingcatdev/1-10-creating-a-startup-4oga
excerpt: Creating a Startup is hard! Learn from the experts who have created great startup companies. Everything from an LLC to Stripe's new C-Corp tool Atlas.
guests:
  - aaron-frost
  - ali-spittel
  - kelly-vaughn
  - tyler-mcginnis
hashnode: https://hashnode.codingcat.dev/podcast-1-10-creating-a-startup
picks:
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    { author: 'alex-patterson', name: 'IncFile', site: 'https://www.incfile.com/' },
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'Start Freelancing Today by Kelly Vaughn',
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    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'Shopify Blog – How to start a business',
      site: 'https://www.shopify.com/blog/how-to-start-a-business'
    },
    {
      author: 'aaron-frost',
      name: 'Favorite TikToker',
      site: 'https://www.tiktok.com/@goddessmia20'
    },
    { author: 'ali-spittel', name: 'Ladybug Podcast', site: 'https://www.ladybug.dev/' },
    { author: 'kelly-vaughn', name: 'Atomic Habits', site: 'https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits' },
    { author: 'tyler-mcginnis', name: 'Financial Intelligence', site: 'https://a.co/d/1RIpPI9' }
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slug: 1-10-creating-a-startup
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1I1490zCsCREiMlUerlTUz?si=oA8HA5zqSgKXAm855N2O_g
start: February 17, 2021 12:00 PM
title: Creating a Startup
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvvVjBAP_BE
---

## Questions

1. You have all founded companies surrounding web development, and I have watched you become successful over the years. Can you think back to the moment you made this decision and why?
1. What is it like leaving a good paying corporate job and going out on your own?
1. What Challenges did you face?
1. If you have a partner what was it like negotiating a business that you created?
1. How do you make everyone happy when you start that partnership?
1. Did you need to establish a percentage between your partners, how did you determine this so it was fair?
1. How did you structure your company? C Corp, S Corp, LLC
1. Did you use A lawyer or Online (Stripe, Legal Zoom, incfile)
1. What state did you incorporate in?
1. Business Tools your using
1. Pre-sales documents, like Statement of Work. (PandaDoc)
1. Accounting (Deskera, Quickbooks, FreshBooks)
1. CRM (Deskera)
1. Have you ever sold your startup?
1. If you have, was that challenging emotionally?
1. Would you ever consider selling your current company?
1. You each seem to have both a product and services, can you talk about how you calculate the pricing within each?
1. To get more business and revenue flowing do you find yourself adding 1099 employees at times to cover a sale?
1. Do you have people doing the selling, or do you find that people are often reaching out to you for your services?
1. Are you still programming?
1. Do you do your own podcast editing?
1. Do you produce your own videos?
