Questions

The company I'm an investor in requires a significant capital infusion, and is trying to find a structure to remove several current investors who are not participating in daily operations of...

Equity Investment USA Corporation Capital

asked Nov 24 '11 at 08:56

Andy
111 points

In the next few years I might want to move to a new city with my wife. However there are two problems here: 1) I have developed a pretty decent social network here in my current city and I don't...

Networking Geography Social Network

asked Dec 1 '11 at 23:45

John Berryman
388 points

There is a project that a company wants us to build, so we now have the opportunity to start our company with a customer that will pay for our modules/app. How do you evaluate the risk? There are...

Risk

asked Nov 24 '11 at 11:09

Tyoc213
41 points

We wanted to start a little startup, but things changed after a big company asked us to do some modules, and after being in talks, we thought now that it will be best to start with the small that...

Getting Started Exit Strategy Large Companies

asked Dec 2 '11 at 01:29

Tyoc213
41 points

So my question is: Is the non-technology founder of a successful software as a service start up usually between the ages of 35 and 50 with lots of experience? If so, should I use their career...

Founder Saas

asked Nov 24 '11 at 11:38

John
170 points

We recently approached a large company with a proposal to build them an application we thought they'd find useful. The idea is that they'd partner with us to get it developed and get unlimited...

Products Contract Consulting Intellectual Property Partnerships

asked Nov 24 '11 at 13:18

Terry B
121 points

I am getting involved in a small start up - we have been discussing (3 partners) this for a few months and now is time to get everything settled. We originally discussed a certain time allocation...

Equity Founders Agreement Investment Partnerships

asked Nov 24 '11 at 20:53

Goldenone
21 points

I built my startup as a side-project. In short, it is a social aggregator that I find way better than anything else on the market, and therefore I'm very actively using it. From my experience as a...

Marketing

asked Nov 24 '11 at 23:42

Bozho
155 points

What are risk profile and profitability of development different Android application types? I would say there are three kind of applications: "Classical" application that does something useful...

Software Android

asked Nov 25 '11 at 03:14

Paolo
123 points

I need your opinions about which email structure should we go with. For example my name is Gregory Gillespie. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ...

Branding Naming

asked Nov 25 '11 at 10:59

Nikolai
125 points

I am working on a language learning startup. I think that one of the best ways to study is through music. For that purpose I would like to include MP3s on the website, together with related study...

Legal Learning Music Education

asked Nov 25 '11 at 12:00

Pogopuschel
101 points

I would like to start a small company that produces custom t-shirts for universities (like t-shirts in most of the North America's university bookstores). I already have design with a couple of...

Getting Started

asked Nov 25 '11 at 14:26

Asterisk
116 points

There are some extra steps a customer needs to learn in order to use my product. How can I achieve this? Do I make a voice over video for each function? Make a wiki? What are some of your...

Customer Support Documentation

asked Nov 25 '11 at 15:53

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

I'm still in highschool, but I'm fairly well versed in programming. I've taken a variety of courses at my school, and I've also read a number of books, as of recent, I've been focusing on web...

Development Web

asked Nov 25 '11 at 20:44

Bob
6 points

As the title says I need to read e-commerce and e-payment related laws of the following countries: Canada, USA, European Union, Philipinnes, South Korea, UK, China. Links are appreciated? My...

Ecommerce Payments Legal Documents

asked Nov 25 '11 at 21:04

Asterisk
116 points

OK, now I have my landing page with a signup form ready. Now how do I promote it to get early adopters? Should I: Pay a content farm to put backlinks to the page Pay adwords to get traffic Find a...

Beta Promotion Early Adopters Landing Page

asked Nov 26 '11 at 05:41

Adib
293 points

We are building software for a medium-sized company 'X'. Software is unique but strongly depends on data which the company 'X' can gather and plug into the software. We develop that exclusively...

Pricing Software Customer Service

asked Nov 26 '11 at 05:47

James
102 points

I have a very specific situation regarding a potential cofounder, and would be really grateful for your feedback. I'm working on a LBS mobile app for meeting new people in real-life. I'm in my...

Co-Founder Technical

asked Nov 26 '11 at 17:08

Derek
11 points

My planned company name ends with "ch", - let's say it's "Velocity Reasearch". velocityreseach.com and velocityresear.ch are both available. Is using a TLD like .ch in this way considered a gimmick...

Website Domain Name

asked Nov 26 '11 at 20:11

Paperjam
394 points

I have an LLC set up, and am learning my way with regards to keeping books etc. I was told recently that I can use the business bank account to pay up to 50% of my rent (being that I am the owner,...

LLC Business Bank Account

asked Nov 26 '11 at 20:14

Zakman411
174 points