HOME/ QUORA TOPICS/STARTUPS

Most viral Startups questions on Quora

Ranked by real engagement we track — views, upvotes, comments and shares per question. Updated continuously.

1.4KQuestions tracked
18.8MTotal views
234.8KTotal upvotes
2.7MVirality score
1 Jason McCabe Calacanis: What was the Uber seed round like? What was the dynamic? Who led the round?
Travis came to my angel group (the Open Angel Forum) and presented the idea to about 20 angels. Most passed, four of us invested: First Round, Sacca, Cyan an…
🔥 225.2K 👁 2.1M ⬆ 5K 💬 0 🔄 9 · Jason McCabe Calacanis on Quora
2 Should I fire a software engineer for working on his side projects during office hours? I am the co-founder and CTO of a startup, and just discovered a software engineer spending two to three office hours a day on his own projects.
So you have a developer who is meeting all of his targets in just five hours a day? Have you considered promoting him? If the work is getting done on time an…
🔥 97.3K 👁 740.9K ⬆ 7.7K 💬 0 🔄 8 · Anonymous on Quora
3 I'm a 21-year-old CEO of a startup with eight guys. My developers sometimes spend all day at the ping pong table. How do I handle this?
My advice? Buy the very best ping pong paddle and start playing with them. You might want to get a few more ping pong balls too. The ping pong table is not y…
🔥 96.2K 👁 697.4K ⬆ 8.2K 💬 88 🔄 41 · Anonymous on Quora
4 What is the best business right now that you know?
Give it another 10 years, I reckon Google will be the biggest business in the world by far, by market cap. They will leave Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Ama…
🔥 95K 👁 658.5K ⬆ 8.8K 💬 0 🔄 106 · Anonymous on Quora
5 Why do so many young entrepreneurs think their ideas are worth billions?
Recently, I met some guy who had never run a business before, had spent 1.5 years, and most of his savings, developing his business idea without testing it o…
🔥 83.6K 👁 421.1K ⬆ 13K 💬 0 🔄 104 · Anonymous on Quora
6 What goofy business ideas actually kind of work?
I saw this business called Potato Parcel. It’s rather brilliant, in a stupid way. You can send a potato to someone with a custom message in it written in mar…
🔥 75.7K 👁 447.4K ⬆ 9.1K 💬 0 🔄 143 · Anonymous on Quora
7 What is the all-time greatest failed Internet startup?
The most hilarious one is definitely Karhoo. Founded in early 2015, by the end of the year Karhoo had raised a reported US$250m, and expected to launch its a…
🔥 72.3K 👁 335.8K ⬆ 12.5K 💬 0 🔄 47 · Anonymous on Quora
8 Are Elon Musk's parents rich?
🔥 68.7K 👁 669.2K ⬆ 512 💬 0 🔄 9 · Anonymous on Quora
9 What is the fastest angel investment exit you have seen?
Kevin O’leary from Shark Tank invested $75k into a company called “Wicked Cupcakes”.On the surface, it was a seemingly terrible business. The company sells c…
🔥 67.9K 👁 477.3K ⬆ 6.1K 💬 67 🔄 46 · Anonymous on Quora
10 What is the reality of startup life?
First, let me show off my Mercedes and then I will talk about startup realities. Because I’m building startup myself so you can count on me.Okay, that’s not…
🔥 65.6K 👁 509.2K ⬆ 3.8K 💬 143 🔄 72 · Anonymous on Quora
11 What is your salary? Are you happy with it?
🔥 63.6K 👁 595K ⬆ 1.3K 💬 0 🔄 6 · Anonymous on Quora
12 What is the proper definition of a startup?
A 'startup' is a company that is confused about --What its product is.Who its customers are.How to make money. As soon as it figures out all 3 things, it cea…
🔥 60.9K 👁 373.3K ⬆ 7.6K 💬 64 🔄 7 · Anonymous on Quora
Unlock all 60 viral Startups questions — free

Plus live virality trends, an alert the moment a question spikes, and the same ranking across 12 networks — save any question straight to your board.

More viral Quora topics

Catch viral questions before they peak

ViralHunt tracks Quora and 12 networks live — rankings, radar, and an editorial board for your team.

Try for free