Questions

Planning to export e-services (online services, Internet-based, SaaS) from a EU-based company to the US market, what are key things to consider ?

Saas International Internet

asked Nov 10 '11 at 23:18

Refineo
238 points

We make websites and have frequently been in a situation where a site is finished, but the development is dragged on for another month because the client can't find the time to provide the site...

Payments Billing Clients

asked Nov 10 '11 at 23:40

Mirov
384 points

Following this question: What to do before offering e-services from EU to US? I have another one: A concern has been raised that if you have your servers in the US you may infringe a US patent....

Patent

asked Nov 11 '11 at 01:35

Fobo
146 points

I do not have an accounting background so please excuse the point blankness of my question. I'm writing a business plan and saw that several sample plans include depreciation in their financial...

Business Plan Accounting Forecasting

asked Nov 11 '11 at 01:52

Martin08
113 points

What are some guidelines or tests I can use to figure out if I have a chance at getting patent for an idea when there are similar, but not identical, patents out there? I don't know how to best...

Patent

asked Nov 11 '11 at 06:19

Chris M
116 points

How old do my kids have to be before I can hire them as employees in my software company (doing clerical tasks)? Clarification : I'm asking what age can I legally (in the US) employee them and pay...

Hiring

asked Nov 11 '11 at 08:45

Clay Nichols
737 points

Delaware C Corp start up spent $$ over two years before folding. No income and all money spent in Israel writing software. No compensation to founders. Must we file 1120 and Form 5471? Need cpa or...

Tax

asked Nov 11 '11 at 09:34

Press Onal
11 points

Is there an easy way to check where my website ranks in google search for certain keywords? I try searching in google myself, but I am sure the results are altered based on my demographic and...

Search Search Ranking

asked Nov 11 '11 at 10:45

Joel Friedlaender
5,007 points

I am quite experienced in the field of Web Projects and I have a capital (500.000 $). "I am planning"\"I would like" to create a "great" Web site and I noticed that I have two choices: assign the...

Marketing Software Website Business

asked Nov 11 '11 at 20:52

User12882
108 points

There have been references here to programming tests that are used to hire programmers. Even Joel has written about such tests. While that makes a lot of sense for new or intermediate developers,...

Hiring

asked Nov 11 '11 at 23:32

Patrick Ny
300 points

Zynga is requiring some employees to give back their stock options or they will be fired (cnet.com ) It seems like with this approach Pincus made start ups vastly more risky for people to join. In...

Stock Options

asked Nov 12 '11 at 04:09

User84686
139 points

I am happily employed as a software developer currently and have no plans to leave. An amazing opportunity presented itself to my dad that just screamed of a lucrative niche market with only a...

Contract Family

asked Nov 12 '11 at 06:32

Maple Shaft
323 points

So the idea for my startup which we have been also sharing with few incubators wasn't well received during the last 3 months. And now we find out that during this time the same has been developed...

Ideas

asked Nov 12 '11 at 07:20

Vishal
73 points

What specific actions lead to getting users to try your new product?

Getting Started Strategy Saas User Experience

asked Nov 12 '11 at 07:56

Chris
11 points

What is a popular way to build the team of a start up software business that takes on contract work from other companies? Additional info I founded a small company with a team of web+mobile...

Technology Team Growth

asked Nov 12 '11 at 09:20

John
170 points

This is a little complicated, but I have an interested group of angels asking for how much for 10%-20% of my company. I have no clue what to tell them, or what my valuation is. It is a B2B Saas...

B2B Angel Saas Investors Valuation

asked Nov 12 '11 at 09:21

Amanda
16 points

So I read this question on how to split a start ownership fairly. Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? There the answer says that we should split the ownsership...

Co-Founder

asked Nov 13 '11 at 06:30

Siamii
195 points

I am part of an LLC and have heard a lot about operating agreements and founders' agreements. What are the differences between the two for an LLC?

Getting Started LLC Legal Legal Documents

asked Oct 29 '11 at 00:38

Li Zhou
323 points

I am producing a medical device which sells between 5000 and 20,000. Competition allows multiple distributors who all advertise on the web and compete by offering incentives...prices are set by...

Sales

asked Nov 5 '11 at 07:20

M Theres
6 points

how/where to find a content writer for my article based website? I mean - is there any website which acts as a mediator between me and content writer - a group of them?

Website Content Writing

asked Oct 29 '11 at 02:48

Web2jeet
96 points