I'm interested in putting together a pretty comprehensive set of 2023 benchmarks on things like revenue, headcount trends, fundraising, RTO, benefits, and founder sentiment on the market/outlook for 2023.
Additional potential questions: Does your spouse or coparent have an income? Do you have a mortgage and what is the monthly amount? Do you support an elderly parent?
I’m married with two children, and my spouse effectively[1] doesn’t earn an income. I’d consider running a startup, but my life situation requires that I have a reasonably steady annual income of ~$125k.
That doesn’t mean I have a lower risk tolerance, or at least not exactly. It means I have a higher risk floor that I had fifteen years ago.
[1]: they have a small business that I’d reasonably say is their life’s work. Because of my income they don’t have to make it a steadily profitable business and can therefore reinvest the profit it produces. It’s a business serving children and is parts of the burgeoning local arts community. It’s very helpful to be able to waive fees and offer small scholarships for children in our area, where the median family annual income is <$30k. It’s also been a blessing to be able to hire teenage students from time to time; more than once that’s turned an extracurricular activity that the kid is passionate about from a cost to a small source of income for a family of very limited means./
I'm interested in putting together a pretty comprehensive set of 2023 benchmarks on things like revenue, headcount trends, fundraising, RTO, benefits, and founder sentiment on the market/outlook for 2023.
The ask here is - will you complete this quick, 2 minute survey? http://pilot.com/state-of-startups-survey
In the end, hoping it'll be an amazing resource for founders and would love the help of the HN community to put it together :)
Thanks