Welcome! This brief survey asks about common startup challenges. It should take about 5–7 minutes. Your responses are confidential and will be analyzed in aggregate only.
In the past 30 days, how often did you experience each challenge?
When these occurred in the past 30 days, how severe was the impact?
Imagine you have a $100/month budget to reduce or eliminate these challenges. Allocate the $100 across the items below based on what you’d pay for reliable relief (must sum to $100).
Attention check: To confirm you’re paying attention, please select “Often” below.
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
Which ONE challenge would you most like to eliminate right now?
- Finding and qualifying leads
- Manual data entry or repetitive workflows
- Tracking tasks and deadlines across tools
- Integrating apps that don’t work well together
- Getting trustworthy analytics/insights
- Invoicing and cash flow tracking
Briefly describe a recent instance of your top challenge (what happened, impact, and what you tried).
Max 600 chars
Have you paid for a product or service to address this top challenge in the last 6 months?
About how much do you currently pay per month for solutions to this top challenge? (USD; enter 0 if none)
What is the maximum monthly amount you’d realistically pay for a reliable solution to your top challenge? (USD)
What is your current role?
- Founder/Co-founder
- Solo entrepreneur
- Executive (CXO/VP)
- Product/Operations
- Sales/Marketing
- Other
- Prefer not to say
How many people work at your company (including you)?
- Just me
- 2–10
- 11–50
- 51–200
- 201–500
- 501+
- Prefer not to say
What industry best describes your business?
- Software/SaaS
- E-commerce
- Professional services
- Fintech
- Health
- Education
- Manufacturing
- Other
- Prefer not to say
Where are you primarily based?
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Europe (non-UK)
- India
- Australia/New Zealand
- Latin America
- Middle East/Africa
- Other
- Prefer not to say
What stage best describes your business?
- Pre-revenue
- Revenue < $10K/month
- $10K–$50K/month
- $50K–$250K/month
- $250K+/month
- Prefer not to say
Anything else we should know about your challenges or desired solutions?
Max 600 chars
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Thanks for your time—your input is invaluable!