Questions

My startup is developing a mobile web application for an established enterprise ERP/CRM software package. The software is essentially a mobile web application that is installed on the customers...

Pricing Costs Mobile Applications

asked Aug 17 '11 at 20:52

Andrew
16 points

I found an investor, who is ready to invest seed capital ( about $ 100,000 )into the company. But she wants to invest it, in the form of a Loan ( payable back with an interest rate slightly better...

Equity Angel Profit Sharing

asked Aug 12 '11 at 05:19

Kumar
6 points

I have acquired work in the IT industry for, let's say, $100 an hour. I have a friend who is looking for work that I believe I can subcontract to. I have a company and infrastructure and did the...

Sub Contractors Rates

asked Aug 17 '11 at 22:58

Skaz
254 points

We build a profitable startup In 2 years without any outside investment we are building enterprise software(and producing hardware) for Customer Service Improvement in different...

Marketing Sales Strategy Business Model Enterprise

asked Aug 7 '11 at 07:06

It Samurai
11 points

I have developed an iPhone photo sharing App on the App store and recently I started interning for a company that makes iPhone games. During my interview I showed them my App as part of my resume...

Intellectual Property

asked Aug 7 '11 at 16:56

Skafia
6 points

Please check my thinking. Right now, founders own 100% of 1000 shares. We're willing to sell 30% of the company to outside investors. We want to set aside another 10% for an employee options...

Funding Shares

asked Aug 7 '11 at 23:16

W. Matthew Wilson
104 points

We just released a Press Release that was a flop. I've been trying to figure out what that is, especially compared to the Press Release I sent out 10 years ago for a physical product I invented; I...

Marketing PR Website Promotion Press Release

asked Aug 8 '11 at 00:23

Slandau
203 points

What does it mean when a consultant ask for founders stock in a pre-funded startup for payment? Is it a special class of stock? Is it non-dilutible?

Equity Definitions Stock Options

asked Aug 8 '11 at 04:09

Jirad
105 points

Im starting a website and I am going to use a company to do data market research for me to determine the interest in my idea. How many respondents would be significant to satisfy potential...

Market Research

asked Aug 8 '11 at 09:49

B Run
16 points

I am in negotiations to spin off a new company that will develop and sell our in-house software project as a SaaS product. As a founding member (the Development Manager) of the new company, I have...

Software Equity Saas

asked Aug 2 '11 at 00:46

Ash
106 points

I'm a single founder of a startup and negotiating an investment with investors. We basically agreed on the monetary part of things. They are getting a minor part of equity. Among other things...

Board

asked Aug 2 '11 at 00:51

Alan Mendelevich
126 points

What is the best course of action in dealing with Domain Policies? For instance, if my company develops open source software at www.bestsoft.com, should my Domain Policy allow the creation of...

Trademark Domain

asked Aug 8 '11 at 18:10

Zima Filippov
6 points

To help me raise funds for a new company (medical device) I decided to do some market research. I was able to arrange a focus group in a local hospital where I would like to get some input from...

Marketing Venture Capital Business

asked Aug 2 '11 at 01:37

Ronny
1 point

Is there a desktop add-on that would allow a normal desk to become a stand up desk? It has to be purchasable and quick to assemble (no cutting or drilling). Basically we have a bunch of desks...

Office

asked Aug 2 '11 at 02:35

Dustin Davis
272 points

It looks like all photos you can see on the default googlemaps come from panoramio. Is this the only provider? Can I create a website for uploading photos and show them on google maps?

Google

asked Aug 8 '11 at 21:43

Ryan
147 points

Firstly I would say that I was wrong about raising funds from Venture Capital,Private Equity,Business Incubator or Angel Investors for Stock Market.Subsequently I came to know about Asset...

Stocks

asked Aug 1 '11 at 23:38

Himanshu Prasad
51 points

A bit of background…. I have worked for IT consulting firms (B2B) for the past 8 years. More recently with Firms that are business a partners with major vendors. I have held just about every...

Sales Partnerships Leads

asked Aug 8 '11 at 22:51

Morons
16 points

If my company is profitable and able to pay early startup employee at the market salary (compare to MSFT, Google, Apple etc) , should I still need to pay for significant amount of option to...

Equity Startup Costs Employees Salary

asked Aug 8 '11 at 23:30

Howard
126 points

One often sees business plans or pitches along the lines of "yeah we're going after a well-entrenched market, but it's a very big one and we need to get only x% of it to be profitable" where x is...

Business Plan Market

asked Aug 2 '11 at 05:27

Lindelof
126 points

I'm thinking about offering a discount to students for a software product. I may even give them free licenses. What's the best/easiest way of verifying that someone is a student or an...

Pricing Education

asked Aug 9 '11 at 01:13

Coder Dennis
691 points