Questions

we aren't exactly a startup because we've been in business for 4 years, developing products for telco companies in my country. What I insisted in last 2,5 years is that we sponsor development of...

Marketing Sales Global Customers

asked Jul 23 '11 at 21:18

Damir
118 points

Funding your company is an important part of your startup and expansion strategy. It's a broad topic that has a lot of aspects including: keeping your idea secret, seed funding, angels, venture...

Bootstrapped Funding Investors Seed Funding Canon

asked Jul 23 '11 at 23:23

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

Software patents are a hell hole in the US and we want to get out of it by operating (at least initially) in Europe. If a US company only operates in Europe (say this is a web app) would we still...

Legal Patent

asked Jul 31 '11 at 05:44

Ntkachov
116 points

How do URL shortener services make money? Like https://bitly.com/, http://qurl.com/, http://urltea.me/, http://blue.gg/ There's no ads whatsoever on those sites. I'm really curious, so they are...

Website Money

asked Jul 24 '11 at 02:38

Pacerier
317 points

Has anyone, on this forum, started a business on student visa (F1) in US?

Co-Founder Business

asked Jul 31 '11 at 09:46

Sid
44 points

I have been working for the past few years as a consultant doing mostly design/development. A good chunk of that time was spent upgrading and/or building out a product for a company that I will...

Equity Negotiation

asked Jul 19 '11 at 01:25

Old Startup
6 points

I am slowly starting to sell our software through resellers and distributors (one man shops all to way to major Software distributors.) Given my lack of experience, I am wondering what details...

Sales Distribution

asked Jul 19 '11 at 09:36

Danny
21 points

If there is a co-founder with 20% equity in the company but no salary, what is his status in the company? Should he be considered an employee? What is the difference between a cofounder and an...

Employees Founders

asked Jul 19 '11 at 12:21

Anil
45 points

I've started an LLC in quarter 2, did some work and got paid. It was a great amount of fun! Now the terrible part. I need to pay taxes. I'm okay with that. I knew the day would come. But the...

LLC Tax IRS

asked Jul 19 '11 at 13:22

Wjl
115 points

My project/website is in the development phase, but I do have everything in mind (how it works from a - z). Besides creating a coming soon page with email subscription, is there anything else I can...

Getting Started

asked Jul 19 '11 at 17:38

Simplyme
186 points

There are lots of business books and fields of study that provide advise on starting a new business. They do however seem to be a bit theoretical or vastly outdated. With this I am interested in...

Planning Business

asked Jul 19 '11 at 19:52

Salmon
181 points

What is the number of monthly active users that a facebook app must have in order to make $1000/month. I know there is no clear answer, but some guidelines would be great

Facebook Money

asked Jul 19 '11 at 20:39

Ryan
147 points

This app (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/graphing-calculator/id289940142?mt=8) seems pretty good, but I would like to make a better version. I am already an iPhone app developer. Is it worth it to...

Development Competition Iphone Apps

asked Jul 12 '11 at 05:58

Ethan
113 points

How much do high-end financial consultancy firms (like lab49) charge per hour for a c# developer in London? In GBP please. Obviously the consultancy has to paid the developer + cover their...

Business Model Consulting Financial Rates

asked Jul 12 '11 at 06:06

Jamesgold
11 points

Searching and reading about funding, I see a lot of people referring to different rounds of funding (related to a given stage the startup is at). Still, I can only find limited information on the...

Funding

asked Jul 20 '11 at 02:09

Tomeduarte
704 points

Can anyone recommend a good outsourced solution for customer service? (e-mails and/or calls?)

Customer Support

asked Jul 12 '11 at 07:00

John
126 points

How to say that a startup software company is getting profit? for example some said that if you have in bank account salaries and expenses for 3 months and running projects, this means you are...

Software Web Services Profitability

asked Jul 20 '11 at 04:38

Amr El Garhy
118 points

I'm about to develop an interesting, from a functional perpective, extension for Chrome but got a lot doubts in terms of how to monetize it. I was wondering if it's ok from a legal perspective to...

Monetization Advertising

asked Jul 20 '11 at 06:11

Ivo Es
16 points

I am likely to launch a webinar series with some partner companies that is targeted at individuals. Initially we might be as small as 50 - 100 attendees at first but it has the potential to be...

Marketing Inbound Marketing

asked Jul 20 '11 at 06:32

Chris
4,214 points

Due to country restrictions and bureaucracy, I can't sell apps on Android Market and Apple Appstore. There are music distribution services like TuneCore and CD Baby that place your music on...

Distribution Mobile

asked Jul 12 '11 at 13:04

Jeff
58 points