Questions

I am currently researching e-Learning, and I'm hoping to launch a service similar to Khan Academy in the next year. It would offer learning tools for students all over the world. How should such a...

Monetization Learning

asked Dec 18 '11 at 23:49

Methuselah
105 points

I am currently on H1B visa, I want to do some volunteer work for a non profit organization on my free time and weekends, helping with some web development. I will not get any monetary benefits from...

Non Profit USA Startupvisa

asked Dec 26 '11 at 04:45

User995487
28 points

A few people have asked me recently to start a business with them. In each case, the other person tells me that he's got this awesome idea for a mobile app / website / software that I should...

Negotiation Technical

asked Dec 19 '11 at 01:18

Siamii
195 points

I'm building a site and community around a particular disability which I have. I have a number of ideas that I'm sure will make the site a success in terms of getting visitors, but I'd also like to...

Monetization Website

asked Dec 19 '11 at 02:13

Anonymous
557 points

I want to create an introduction movie for my website, to demonstrate the manual operation on website and simply add some background musics. Twitter`s new version introduction movie is a good...

Marketing Promotion

asked Dec 26 '11 at 08:48

Anlai
375 points

I have started an online business and was considering using a fulfilment service but all the providers seem to be to expensive for my needs. The majority of the products we sell weigh less than 2g...

Recommendations

asked Dec 26 '11 at 08:50

Logi Kal
37 points

Does anybody know of any actual court cases involving California labor code section 2870 which gives a clear precedence as to how judges would rule in such disputes (eg. a programmer makes...

Software Legal Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Dec 26 '11 at 17:26

Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

I was looking for freelance work and met with a lawyer who had some work for me. The lawyer asked if I could build a product for him. I told the lawyer I can build the product and will charge him a...

Ideas Legal

asked Dec 19 '11 at 05:21

Antonio
21 points

I have been working on my startup for the last few months, where the idea and market research has been done by me, few months before. I have a working demo I developed with freelancers based on my...

Equity

asked Dec 26 '11 at 19:15

Yishay Saban
1 point

General Question: Given that incubators are focused on early-stage companies, how far along should a startup be before it applies for consideration by an incubator? How strong must the team (and...

Incubators Team Seed Funding

asked Dec 19 '11 at 05:47

Caligirl
204 points

I have a software prototype that integrates with a product from BigCompany (like really, really big). I predict it would take 6 more months to polish it so that it's of commercial quality. But I'm...

Software Exit Strategy

asked Dec 19 '11 at 06:28

Robert Lee
131 points

I have a site for which I am working to improve user onboarding. What happens now is that when a user does some action that requires him to be logged in, I make a jQuery popup come up telling him...

Website Registration

asked Dec 27 '11 at 01:27

Genadinik
1,821 points

This is the flip side of this question about what to look for in a technical co-founder. If I have technical skills and can build a prototype myself, what sort of skills or experience should I...

Marketing Sales Co-Founder Business

asked Dec 19 '11 at 08:59

Hartley Brody
1,317 points

I have been working on finding an investor for the LTPGA - The Less Than Perfect Golfers Association, Inc. Finding a golf-centric angel who has a sense of humor would be ideal. The basic math is...

Sales Ecommerce Legal Online Retail

asked Dec 27 '11 at 14:39

Bubba G
1 point

I wonder, how did Quora persuaded their investors as they don't make revenue and even they don't have any revenue model as far as I know. The question is same again for twitter ( I know they sell...

Funding Pitch Business Model Twitter Fundraising

asked Dec 27 '11 at 15:54

To Rr0t
69 points

I'm in a technical position, soon to be launching a service company that receives orders from electronic component manufacturers to perform laboratory measurements on their products, charging them...

Pricing

asked Dec 19 '11 at 13:37

Tim8691
17 points

If I live in another state, and work (salary + telecommunte) for a company located in CA, (EA with the usual "Works For Hire Agreement" which states "The Company shall be the sole and exclusive...

Intellectual Property

asked Dec 19 '11 at 15:39

Anon
6 points

If a company issues more shares does that reduce the value of the shares already issued? Logically it should. For example if I gave 10% to someone for some work then later double the number of...

Shares

asked Dec 27 '11 at 20:45

Tom Squires
1,047 points

At what time during the year do you review your company strategy, making sure you are working towards something useful, and set goal for the months ahead? This question is being asked in the...

Strategy Review

asked Dec 19 '11 at 19:11

Paul Filmer
790 points

I recently contracted with a developer to build a mvp for the business. We were operating on an understanding that we would own the code upon completion of version 1.0. Now, their legal team has...

Copyright Code

asked Dec 28 '11 at 02:22

Eric Littleton
107 points