Questions

First some context to my question. I started working in a startup a year ago. Since then I've been working part time on it (around 15-20 hours a week) in an informal way (no remuneration), while...

Compensation

asked Jan 5 '13 at 07:40

Lightman
8 points

We're trying to decide whether or not to talk to an investor who has invested in a lot of companies, and one of them has some overlap with our product but has a different business model (b2b vs...

Investors Fundraising

asked Jan 5 '13 at 08:13

User22400
21 points

Fifteen years ago my family purchased a franchise. Within five years we realized the books were cooked and the clientele we purchased was not there. We went to court and lost (in my eyes) and...

Getting Started Startup Costs

asked Jan 5 '13 at 08:57

Matt 2.0
188 points

I'm about to launch a product and need to register a company (in order to handle payments for my product, and get a merchant account). I'll give specific information on my own situation below, but...

Incorporation Tax Canada Offshore

asked Jan 6 '13 at 00:25

Nick Budden
129 points

for a firm in the business industry, specifically in strategic management, finance, HR, is there a more suitable word between consulting and advisory? I mean, does "ABC Consulting" have a...

Advisors Naming

asked Jan 6 '13 at 06:42

Nikolai
125 points

I recently saw in the news that Punchfork.com was acquired by Pintrest.com for an undisclosed amount. Given Punchfork.com has 100,000 monthly visitors and 80,000 lines on Facebook but no...

Traffic Valuation

asked Jan 7 '13 at 16:30

Craig H
33 points

I'm wonder how is 30-day moneyback guarantee handled with recurring subscription. Does the customer have to request refund WITHIN 30 days or even for a period of X after 30 days have passed? Whats...

Money

asked Jan 7 '13 at 20:59

Nimbuz
174 points

I am currently running a very simple side project which I hope will lead to something bigger. I see quite a few tweets from my competitors customers saying they're using their product for a...

Marketing Customers Competition Traffic Twitter

asked Jan 8 '13 at 07:28

Abs
118 points

Our company is looking to expand its presence in overseas market. Here are some of the facts that we have: Selling a proven product in local market in overseas market. Since the requirements...

Company Expanding

asked Jan 8 '13 at 13:33

Graviton
871 points

I submitted a provisional patent application from an foreign country to the USPTO a few months ago. I researched and found out my idea worth a non-provisional patent application. (I made it...

Patent Provisional Patent

asked Jan 8 '13 at 18:30

John
26 points

Over 3 years ago the development company I was working for went into liquidation owing ~$500K. There wasn't a lot gained from the sale of the assets and as far as I am aware, the liquidators still...

Intellectual Property

asked Jan 8 '13 at 22:26

User22450
16 points

I uploaded my brand new physics 2D game to the playstore a few days ago, and have had a substantial amount of downloads per day so far. I think it has great potential and people like that kind of...

Marketing Press Release Android

asked Jan 8 '13 at 23:18

Florent Valdelievre
11 points

I have an office in my home which is my only base of business operations. However, it's not exclusively used for business purposes. (As a freelance software developer, the line between work and...

Tax

asked Jan 9 '13 at 03:45

Peeja
108 points

I am deciding on leaving university to carry on with a business idea if it is as successful as I believe. However, as I am currently in uni, and also need to concentrate on studies for the time...

Solo Entrepreneur Money

asked Jan 9 '13 at 09:37

Adam Carter
123 points

Obviously, you can't use the same name as another BIG, recognizable company. And you also want to avoid trademark issues. But what about these two scenarios: You finally find a domain name and...

Apps Naming Domain Name

asked Jan 9 '13 at 22:29

Bc Web
101 points

When launching a new product, I find that my team and I get nervous when trying to decide what sort of price tag to put on it. Just for the sake of example, we have no access to any sort of...

Product Launch Product Release

asked Jan 10 '13 at 02:11

Josh Terrill
13 points

I've been working at a pre-launch startup for the past year (going to launch in the next several weeks). I'm supposed to sign my Stock Purchase Agreement soon, but wanted to run this by to see if I...

Software Co-Founder Equity Legal

asked Jan 10 '13 at 07:03

Rabid Zombie
113 points

I have developed a game and I intend to offer it in my friend's website. His website has a lot of visitors. We discussed the idea, and to make it profitable, his idea is to add banners from...

Gaming Website Joint Venture

asked Jan 10 '13 at 20:52

Junior Mayhé
138 points

Possible Duplicate: What would be a fair equity distribution between me and my co-founder? I started developing a software product 9 months ago which is now ready to launch. My buddy has come on...

Shares

asked Jan 11 '13 at 01:42

User1510570
1 point

My company started hiring office assistants a couple years ago. The rationale is pretty straightforward: since good engineers are hard to find, free our engineers of non-engineering tasks so they...

Part Time Employees

asked Jan 11 '13 at 05:34

User1662
173 points