I guess I'd need to know the definition of 'startup'. It's a word so abused these days many people consider themselves a 'startup' when it's just a guy and an idea.
Do you mean someone with $x in funding and a revenue stream looking to grow?
Do you mean someone with an idea who works on it at night?
Do you mean "facebook" (which some people will continue to consider a 'startup' until they IPO)?
The only problems I faced with doing govt work so far is the paperwork. It seems convoluted, but really isn't generally that much more than a contract any mid-size company might require.
Many smaller companies (and what we'd now call 'startups') I've worked with give me the "gosh, we just spent $42k on this other company and they weren't any good and now we don't have any budget, but if you do this work for us we'll pay you back later with some more work or great referrals!". That's the situation I used to run in to more often than not. That tended not to happen with larger companies. Well, the wasting of money might have happened, but they'd find money in some budget to engage me if they wanted me.
Do you mean someone with $x in funding and a revenue stream looking to grow?
Do you mean someone with an idea who works on it at night?
Do you mean "facebook" (which some people will continue to consider a 'startup' until they IPO)?
The only problems I faced with doing govt work so far is the paperwork. It seems convoluted, but really isn't generally that much more than a contract any mid-size company might require.
Many smaller companies (and what we'd now call 'startups') I've worked with give me the "gosh, we just spent $42k on this other company and they weren't any good and now we don't have any budget, but if you do this work for us we'll pay you back later with some more work or great referrals!". That's the situation I used to run in to more often than not. That tended not to happen with larger companies. Well, the wasting of money might have happened, but they'd find money in some budget to engage me if they wanted me.