[onetwofifth]

They made me sign an NDA before even talking. They claim to not be aware of a competitor app based from France which has significant user base. They didn't make it known to me when I asked them of competitors, only to vaguely say "they remember hearing of it" after I mentioned it ( http://www.tvshowtime.com/en ).

2 business persons and 1 creative/marketing. None of them technical. All of them have highly paid day jobs as high ups in a big (really big) company. They are trying to hire people who quit or were laid off from such big company. All they talk about is having a big enough sell price so they can quit their jobs, only the creative truly thinks about the product.

I agree, they seemed to have fallen on their lie of then not having money. They want a contractor to build an app I should probably charge as a contractor.

[fsk]

When startup founders ask for an NDA before talking to you, that's another red flag.

So they have another full-time job, and they're doing this on the side without full-time effort? You're the startup's only full-time employee?

[onetwofifth]

Without full time effort correct. They have demanding day jobs.

First full time employee. They are hiring a server side dev, UX, Design and QA.

[fsk]

So they're financing it out of the money they earn in their regular job?

It sounds like they have a startup hobby rather than taking it seriously.

It sounds like a dead-end to me. They're going to blow through 3-12 months worth of expenses, realize they have nothing to show for it, decide to stop wasting their money, and shut it down.