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1 Votes
1 Answers
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How much shares can I have after leaving a company?

As one of the cofounders of company K, I am going to leave the company recently. Per our agreement, I shall give up my intangible property associated shares but keep my cash contributed shares....

asked Feb 6 '17 at 08:55
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XL
6 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
3.83K Views
Using commercial music fragment as opening of a podcast

I would like to use some commercial music for the opening of a podcast series. Can I use it without licensing the usage if I use a short fragment? If at all possible, how short? I once read...

asked Feb 25 '10 at 20:25
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Pietro Polsinelli
125 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.88K Views
What would you do if you only had 3 months in SF?

For the last 4 years my partner and I have been building and running our online business based in Dublin, Ireland. A couple of months ago we decided to make a move to San Francisco in an effort to...

asked Aug 23 '10 at 19:29
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James Kennedy
76 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
8.59K Views
How do I get rid of my business partner?

Recently it came to my attention that my business partner (50/50 LLC in CA, no partnership agreement) has been using the company account as a line of credit for himself. In the past 13 months he...

asked Jan 18 '17 at 21:01
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sbg
11 points

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2 Answers
4.3K Views
How to negotiate exclusive deals/offers to my site's members?

I would like to have a directory of companies that have exclusive deals/offers to my site's members (based on vouchers and coupons). So, basically I would have to contact companies and ask them if...

asked Aug 19 '11 at 07:32
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Rui
364 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
3.78K Views
Should I offer discount coupons for beta users when turning to paid service

This is bit generic question, however I would appreciate to hear different opinions. I have developed a user based over the last couple of months for my online SAAS business. Now I am going to end...

asked May 10 '12 at 04:21
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Ruvana
6 points

8 Votes
2 Answers
4.35K Views
Offering bulk discounts on SaaS user subscription fees

Please note that I am specifically referring to SaaS providers that have adopted the traditional pricing model of charging per user per month, and have at some point considered offering pricing...

asked Apr 16 '12 at 19:37
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Kosta Kontos
216 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
4.11K Views
Offering customers a discount in exchange of social media publicity - Does this make sense?

Yesterday, I added the following special deal in my service web site : Help us promoting the site (blogging/tweetting about it, sharing the link in facebook, google+, delicious,… and committing to...

asked Aug 3 '11 at 01:12
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Jordi Cabot
243 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
6.26K Views
SaaS and volume discount

How is the typical way to present volume discount to SaaS offering for large accounts ? If the standard prices are for example $50/seat/month. Should we define an extra segment starting with a...

asked Jan 6 '15 at 14:52
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Mac
6 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
10.7K Views
How to keep coupons from being duplicated

I am running a company and have seen groupon work for some other biz owners I know. But I was thinking about running a small promo for myself and giving out coupons but am not sure how to keep my...

asked Apr 26 '13 at 08:14
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Tj Sherrill
129 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
4.12K Views
Building a career whilst bootstrapping

Long story short, I am bootstrapping a start up venture and I am funding it through full time employment. We are close to launch, and we want to avoid going to VC in order to retain 100% equity. I...

asked Oct 3 '15 at 01:01
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User34199
46 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
3.8K Views
Do I need an LLC or can I start as sole proprietorship?

I want to start a business with no employee or brick and mortar, nor offices, just online e-commerce for products i design, but my first 6 -12 months will be just dedicated to prototyping and...

asked Jan 18 '17 at 18:01
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Francesco Bertelli
6 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
5.5K Views
Which CRM for a SAAS company?

We're struggling to find a CRM suitable for ourselves, a SAAS company. When customers sign up for trials, we want to be able to keep a record of their progress with prompts to call or email them...

asked Sep 19 '13 at 19:46
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Igor K
106 points

8 Votes
13 Answers
8.21K Views
Zendesk or Assistly?

We are in process of implementing support portal for our startup and looking at zendesk or assistly for this. These two services seem quite similar and from reading around on the internet I can't...

asked Dec 15 '11 at 11:10
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R D
110 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
6.85K Views
How much does a SaaS customer support cost on average?

For subscription-based B2C SaaS businesses where the business is not charge for the support, but for the subscription. How much does on average customer/visitor support account to? In other words,...

asked Apr 27 '11 at 15:13
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Simpatico
198 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
4.77K Views
Are Google Docs or Zoho good internal knowledge-base solutions for a startup?

I've seen wikis, sharepoint, version control systems, and plain-old file systems act as knowledge-base solutions for company employees to share information. Has anybody used Google Docs (or Google...

asked Sep 12 '10 at 15:23
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Javid Jamae
347 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
4.81K Views
How can a single-founder (and no employees) provide fast customer support?

I'm a solo founder without any employees (revenues don't yet justify hiring someone).How would you manage providing timely support to customers? What are some tools and strategies to use?I run a...

asked Apr 15 '14 at 21:41
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Sandra Baldwin
22 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
12.2K Views
Startup Marketing - Commission Based?

I own a computer repair business where all work is done remotely over the internet (serving throughout the US). I started this business on a shoestring budget and I'm trying to do my best at...

asked Jul 16 '11 at 00:47
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James
133 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
4.44K Views
Corporation type for internet based businesses? Can you register in any state?

Is there a corporation type for an internet based business? Im assuming a C type would be fine but more importantly can you register your corporation in any state? Since in a way it would be...

asked Apr 5 '10 at 19:08
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Vnchopra
418 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
11.7K Views
Can you make money from a Chrome Extension?

Is it possible to monetize a browser extension? The only thing I've seen developers do is add in a donation link. I doubt those really convert into any substantial earnings. Are there any other...

asked Feb 13 '14 at 21:55
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Edward
6 points