Questions

This is in response to the latest story about how Skype stock options are worthless: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/06/24/upgrading-skype-and-silver-lake-to-evil/

Acquisition Stock Options

asked Jun 25 '11 at 12:02

User10483
208 points

I love working for my current company. The work is challenging and fun, the people are amazing, I've been given lots of opportunity, and it's just an overall great work environment. The...

Career Salary Compensation Large Companies

asked Jun 25 '11 at 12:28

Dragoon
16 points

Over time I have used a bunch of email newsletter managers and seems like everyyear I am using something new. I am worried that I have missed a really good option out there that has been right...

Newsletter Contact CMS

asked Jun 25 '11 at 14:32

Lenn Dolling
106 points

For a startup company with 1 product which website will be more beneficial? Should I create website that concentrates on a product or my company? My software targets transportation/trucking...

Marketing Website Selling

asked Jul 1 '11 at 22:59

Katit
276 points

If I want to get a website build like elance where companies and users post their jobs looking for online bidders.How easy/tough it is going to be considering that its not any new idea.OR is it a...

Recommendations Website

asked Jun 25 '11 at 18:45

Munish
101 points

I have a review site that reviews a certain category of software. I have set up affiliate links for many of the products, and make a percentage of every sale that happens as a result of that...

Affiliate Rates Pay Per Click

asked Jul 1 '11 at 23:41

Lkessler
1,471 points

What are the differences? Or what are the other investment on a company we should watch out?

Venture Capital Strategic Investment

asked Jun 25 '11 at 21:49

Victor
593 points

Most of the about us page puts the purpose of the startup, then the team, background of company, etc. But when you are just one person, no office, and sometimes history of the company is not so...

Marketing Solo Entrepreneur Website

asked Jun 26 '11 at 00:59

Victor
593 points

By building a better product I mean taking what is an existing product area that sucks and making what you believe is up to modern technology standards in terms of UX and deployment model (say web...

Products

asked Jun 26 '11 at 12:27

Tinny
404 points

Currently I have a standard Gmail account. Each site has email forwarders set up and the mail gets forwarded to that Gmail account, and I can reply with different email profiles. Due to the...

Email Google Apps

asked Jun 26 '11 at 21:44

Eoinoc
110 points

I've working for a product (component) that need to integrated with other software (market: other software developers) for almost a year, to be honest selling this component is not easy, so as a...

Marketing Business Model

asked Jun 26 '11 at 22:43

Jazar
123 points

My assumption, which I am perfectly willing to have challenged, is that these VC's would understand the industry and grasp pretty quickly the significance and value of what it is I'm trying to do....

Venture Capital Legal Research

asked Jun 27 '11 at 03:06

Nat Colley
11 points

Skype's buying back of stock options at the exercise price is pretty evil, no doubt. But is it equally uncommon for a company to put in conditions allowing them to buy back vested stock at fair...

Stock Options Vesting

asked Jun 27 '11 at 06:42

Sean
134 points

The companies I am targeting are big corps, mostly in California. I'm a small software startup looking to sell surgical simulator technology. As a first meeting, is it normal to play it...

Contact Meet Up

asked Jun 27 '11 at 20:57

John
173 points

What are the terms to get new employees, I am asking about when regarding, money, salaries, place, and sure number of projects in hand. And when to say no, I can keep going solo, or with the...

Employees

asked Jun 27 '11 at 22:25

Amr El Garhy
118 points

I am doing some freelance work. I am about to send an invoice and in the footers I am writing that payment can be made by check at the address X, paypal to Y, or bank transfer. Is it OK to include...

Finance Billing

asked Jun 28 '11 at 02:34

Nute
143 points

I've asked a few questions already on this site relating to what I should have in a business plan and how to focus on a prototype, preparing to approach investors. OK, so I have a prototype, at...

Investors Prototype

asked Jun 28 '11 at 04:12

Sonny Ordell
197 points

An article on businessweek got my attention today. From the headline: A Texas software vendor we have purchased from for years got audited by the California State Board of Equalization because...

Tax USA

asked Jun 28 '11 at 04:17

B Mitch
1,342 points

I'm trying to calculate average customer lifetime value of a membership site. The data available to me is unfortunately either incomplete or very simplistic (or else I don't know how to extract...

Subscriptions Memberships Customer Value

asked Jun 28 '11 at 06:27

Eoinoc
110 points

I have two questions about partnership. If I get a partner that has experience in the business world and the industry and little or no cash maybe $15k-10k, for a new service I’m starting up. What...

Partnerships

asked Jun 28 '11 at 09:15

Sergio Alvarez
46 points