Questions

I'm in a bit of a dilemma. First off, we're not technically a startup but have been around for a few years. We're a small software company, 7 people including myself. I started the company by...

Titles

asked Oct 19 '11 at 00:36

Jan F. Jaeger
28 points

I’m at the pre start-up phase of my business and I have a question regarding how I should classify the company? I am designing a specialty line of clothing that will be produced by a contract...

Getting Started

asked Oct 25 '11 at 03:54

Carmen
16 points

I'm involved in a pre-startup situation, with a small company about to start real operations. Initially they will have one dedicated office with dedicated telephone lines, one office admin person,...

Business Communication

asked Oct 25 '11 at 04:08

Jim In Texas
228 points

I'm unemployed, not having luck finding a job. I'm not a people person and I always mess up interviews. Also when you freelance for many years its difficult. I'm not really materialistic and I...

Recruiting

asked Oct 25 '11 at 05:10

Len
376 points

Are there resources for startup ideas online? I'd like to get started in this world, and from what I understand, an idea isn't worth much. I have great people and means for great execution....

Ideas

asked Oct 19 '11 at 03:34

Xeon06
121 points

I run a mail service for a particular community of users. This email system goes far beyond an occasional email to a basic mailing list - it is the fabric that holds the community together. I would...

Marketing Advertising Email Ads

asked Oct 19 '11 at 03:38

Wes
6 points

I'm planning a site where users can upload race results of races they either participated in or were the organizer/owner of. This is in a specific animal racing niche. There is one race in...

Copyright Trademark

asked Oct 19 '11 at 04:32

Dustin Kendall
108 points

I have business I want to start online. I already have the domain name and very soon the logo. I want to offer this services to anyone online. So what is the best way to protect the name of my...

Legal Copyright Trademark

asked Oct 19 '11 at 05:16

Jean Nicolas Boulay Desjardins
162 points

I am almost finish with my Web application. I was thinking to go to California and present it to angels. Is it a good place to find angels? I is there places I should go to meet people that can...

Location Angel Investors

asked Oct 19 '11 at 05:31

Jean Nicolas Boulay Desjardins
162 points

I been running a startup as a partnership since April of this year, my partner and I have slowly but surely gotten to the point where we can not work together anymore. I believe if we continue to...

Partnership Partnerships

asked Oct 19 '11 at 07:59

User13909
15 points

I might be looking for the impossible. What I want is a program that will allow me to track my ecommerce sales (wordlwide), graphically, create goals, charts, etc, and maybe even have a...

Ecommerce

asked Oct 19 '11 at 08:04

Jdh
182 points

I am a web developer/designer and I constructing my plan/strategy on the process on delivering a project. My problem is what happens after the delivery. As far as I know I have to send a...

Strategy

asked Oct 19 '11 at 11:44

Nikolai
125 points

The previous months I came with that fancy idea. I found a great to-the-point name and domain name, and started building it. At the time there is a prototype of this project. As a web...

Strategy

asked Oct 19 '11 at 12:04

Nikolai
125 points

I am building a web app where users will be able to add content to it. Pictures, texte, video, etc. I was wandering what would happen if a user puts something illegal. Am I responsable? Or is...

Legal Copyright Trademark

asked Oct 19 '11 at 12:35

Jean Nicolas Boulay Desjardins
162 points

I am just wondering what physical marketing material people are using. I originally wasn't planning on using any, however I have often had the need to hand something to someone that was...

Marketing Promotional Material

asked Oct 19 '11 at 12:36

Joel Friedlaender
5,007 points

Situation: Closed initial kick-start seed investment with angel investor. Deal was done on an equity basis equaling a postmoney valuation of 400k. Have a few FFF who would like to invest small...

Investors Seed Funding Stock Options Convertible Note

asked Oct 19 '11 at 12:53

Eric Littleton
107 points

I am looking for good/cheap legal advice for a web application my friend is building. We will need to write a Term Of Service. Do we really need a lawyer for that? Are there templates out...

Legal Legal Documents

asked Oct 19 '11 at 17:23

Jean Nicolas Boulay Desjardins
162 points

i'm doing freelance PHP programming and SEO Consulting for a couple of years now. I'm at a point where i am approached by a large company (doing business in the single millions). They want a...

Pricing SEO Web Design

asked Oct 19 '11 at 21:25

Herr K
292 points

I put up a test landing page for a SAAS product/service that I think has potential. My goal is to test the market to see if there is enough interest to justify building out the...

Pricing Testing Lean Validation Landing Page

asked Oct 19 '11 at 23:07

Bc Web
16 points

I just beta launched my website and right now there is only one user signed up for my service (it's only been a day and I'm not marketing it yet). It is highly data driven so without much context,...

Beta Data Demo Users

asked Oct 20 '11 at 01:11

Jared
31 points