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At what point should I register my business?

I've just finished building my first project (or rather, the first I've brought to completion) and am ready to start finding some early adopters. At what point is it important that I register my...

asked Feb 9 '12 at 14:11
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Steven Surowiec
106 points

5 Votes
7 Answers
3.59K Views
How can I commercially profit from the discovery of new algorithms?

About the Algorithm:I've invented a brand new method for sorting data in a very fasts way which is faster than QuickSort itself. This algorithm can be used for huge data manipulation which is very...

asked Feb 4 '12 at 03:55
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Nabil Abdulaal
29 points

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3 Answers
2.65K Views
What incentives could I offer to keep customers?

I'd like to start a business in the service industry (not a restaurant) with a very low barrier to entry (as such I can't give specifics). Aside from making the best product/service that I can,...

asked Feb 9 '12 at 15:23
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Gili
178 points

1 Votes
7 Answers
2.51K Views
How to find a way to help translating the site with multi-language?

The user interface for my site is multi-language supported. But some of words are just translated from Google. But they phrases are inaccurate. I want to know if there are any online services or...

asked Feb 5 '12 at 02:51
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Anlai
375 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
4.14K Views
Sales Commission website with Geolocation?

I'm looking for a Customer Relationship Management solution with an easy to use interface. The simplest way to describe what I'm looking for is through a [very rough!] mockup: The idea is that...

asked Feb 9 '12 at 22:38
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A T
38 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.28K Views
How to verify online companies

Assume that I would like to join an affiliate network, but I can't find any reviews of them and Alexa shows that their domain exist for 2 months. In this case I should probably wait until they gain...

asked Feb 10 '12 at 00:28
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Gury Max
23 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
4.59K Views
Deferred fee agreement with a Lawyer

Please can someone advise whether the below terms is a good idea. I working on a start-up and engaged a Lawyer on a deferred fee agreement basis, then he sent the following terms. Before I enter...

asked Feb 10 '12 at 02:27
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Tiger
11 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.8K Views
Can I myself have two contracts with my own UK ltd company?

I'm soon going to register a limited company in the UK. I know that any ltd company is a separate entity, and if I want to get paid from the company I'll have to be employed as its director....

asked Feb 5 '12 at 08:43
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Lukeshek
452 points

6 Votes
1 Answers
3.1K Views
When does the profit-sharing model break down?

Two co-founders and I have started a project that is going rather well. We sell a service that is paid on a monthly basis but that also has some up-front costs (revenues for us). Thus far we have...

asked Feb 5 '12 at 09:54
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Daniel Gill
175 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.39K Views
Is it unprofessional to brand your self using your surname and jr (junior)?

I would like to know your thoughts about my question/problem. I care a lot about online presence and I want to brand myself this period for some auditions and interviews. My surname in my country...

asked Feb 10 '12 at 04:15
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Nicholas
13 points

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1 Answers
3.18K Views
Does opening a bank account for an llc make a person personally responsible for the account?

I've asked a bank what they require in order to open a bank account for an llc, and the main thing was a "certificate of good standing". Since the "certificate of good standing" or even the...

asked Feb 10 '12 at 05:10
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Startup1
90 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.16K Views
Where to find Funding to keep selling or go bust

Our business model is based on IAAS. We have to keep investing in equipment that we rent out and always lack funding to purchase new equipment. We have come this far with private loans and fundings...

asked Feb 5 '12 at 18:08
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Brian
11 points

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1 Answers
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Writting in english - the correct way

I've learned English language on my own, and I'm sure that I'm making a lot of mistakes. Now I'm at the stage of hiring some freelancers, but I'm worried that my English will induce confusion in...

asked Feb 10 '12 at 06:13
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Dole Doug
141 points

5 Votes
7 Answers
3.17K Views
Do we really need to translate our app in order to release it to other countries?

If we want to release our iPhone based (free) app to countries like Germany, France, Japan, Korea, Spain, Singapore, do we really need to translate them to local languages? Our app provides...

asked Feb 10 '12 at 07:11
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Tom
197 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
7.47K Views
How to get full grocery store inventory?

I don't have money for a warehouse right now and I want to ship food with JIT inventory. But in order to do so, I need to have a list of products (around 3000 of them) the store sells. And I need...

asked Feb 5 '12 at 23:59
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Sergey
106 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
4.23K Views
How to sell advertising space on the website during initial stages?

I'm building a web application for an academic community. I'm relying on advertisements as the revenue model for my business. My website is currently in its very initial stage so, how can I get the...

asked Feb 10 '12 at 07:19
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Aditya
18 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
2.35K Views
What do you do about known payment fraud?

As someone that's sold services and webapp subscriptions online for about 8 years now, I've seen a lot of payment fraud, mostly in the form of signing up with stolen credit card numbers. I've...

asked Feb 6 '12 at 01:25
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Dan Grossman
303 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
2.36K Views
Finding Investors. Who can you trust?

I see lots of investor hunters or finders on the web, but who can you trust? For instance many want a fee upfront to introduce you to 10 or 20 qualified leads. This is mostly done via phone and...

asked Feb 6 '12 at 06:28
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Msw
21 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.95K Views
Tracking the receipt of digital documents via the internet

What is the best/cheapest way to: Known when a digital document is received via the internet, Know who received it, Have them sign that they received it, and Reduce the odds that they will alter...

asked Feb 6 '12 at 06:47
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Blunders .
899 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.36K Views
Huge Dilemma: Leave or Delete section in website

I have a huge dilemma, I launched a dog lover community/store/vet chat/information/directory website in Mexico and for the Spanish speaking community. It was launched 7 months ago and it's starting...

asked Feb 6 '12 at 06:50
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Daniel Michan
66 points