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Founder Survey

Before we start

We are building a way for founders to connect and be matched with experts, other founders and investors. Empowering you to bring in the humans you need in exchange for micro-equity, and we want to know whether that is something you would actually use.

We would love about ten minutes of your time. Your answers are anonymous unless you choose to give your name at the end. Taking part is voluntary and you can stop at any time.

Do you consent to your responses being used as described?

How we handle your responses: Your answers are used for product research. Aggregated findings, and anonymous quotes from the open question, may appear in investor and public materials. We will not attach your name or company to anything published.

Name and email are optional, asked only at the end, and used only to give you a place in early access. You can complete the survey without them. Responses are collected by Tally, which is based in Belgium and operates under GDPR. You can ask us to delete your response at any time by emailing tim@getsweaty.com.

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You and your company

How many people are/were in your Founding Team?

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Where is your company incorporated?

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What funding stage is your business at?

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How is your business being funded?

Filling gaps in expertise

How do/did you try to fill gaps in expertise? Select all that apply.

In the last six months which of these has your company needed and not been able to bring in promptly? Select all that apply.

How long does it typically take you to fill a gap in expertise? (e.g. design, engineering, GTM)?

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What challenges do/did you face when trying to fill a gap in expertise? Select all that apply.

When you need expertise you don't have which of these is closest to your view?

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Equity

Have you ever offered equity/options in exchange for expertise (e.g. employees, contractors, advisors)?

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Why are you not interested in offering equity?

Which of the following have you personally set up or negotiated? Select all that apply.

What are your main concerns when it comes to using equity to attract talent? Select all that apply.

What would make you comfortable granting equity to someone you hadn't worked with before? Select all that apply.

Imagine a senior operator contributes roughly 5 hours a week for two months and delivers agreed milestones. What total equity would you consider offering?

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What we are building

GetSweaty is a free marketplace. It connects founders with experts, with other founders, with potential co-founders, with investors and with interns, and lets you engage people for micro-equity instead of cash. We fund it by charging investors for access to the companies on the platform.

Rank these connections by how valuable they would be to your company over the next six months. Most valuable at the top.

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Which of the following would you be comfortable verified investors seeing about your company? Select all that apply.

One last thing

What is one moment where you wished you had access to the right expert sooner, and why?

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We open early access in October. Tick any that apply.

We are on a mission to keep innovation and entrepreneurship human-led as we shift from a cash economy to an ownership economy. To achieve this, we believe in empowering more humans to be part of the founding journey. Take an expert locked up in a high paying corporate job for example. By contributing their expertise (and leveraging AI) to start-ups in exchange for a very small amount of equity, we have proven that founders are less isolated, able to make decisions faster and spend more time on the things they are most skilled at. The result, rather than waiting for funding, founders are able to launch sooner and more confidently than ever before; having given away far less equity than following the conventional route (investors). Early access opens soon!