Questions

I am about to put together a investor presentation for my company. I will be presenting to investors individually.The investors are going to be pitched to within a short amount of time. Should I...

Funding Investors

asked Jun 28 '11 at 10:43

Michael
234 points

Here is the scenario: I am the ceo/founder of a company that will be launching a website/application. The amount of cash I have invested thus far is less than 3,000. I am currently seeking...

Funding Founder Equity Investment CEO

asked Jun 28 '11 at 13:50

Eric Littleton
107 points

My app is out there... after 100 hours of hard work... I hardly find any people downloading it forget about using it. Honestly, I find marketing stuff pretty boring and dont really get motivated to...

Marketing Iphone Apps

asked Jun 28 '11 at 14:47

Xoail
365 points

I've been blogging for a while now and I would like to establish my blog as a business (LLC). I heard that its the best license that suits a blog business. Any suggestions as to where I can get...

Pricing LLC Blog Business

asked Jun 28 '11 at 16:48

Eddie Gear
14 points

Myself and a friend would like to start a new company. I will be doing development work and my friend will invest money. Our company isn't yet registered, but my friend would like to transfer a...

Tax

asked Jun 28 '11 at 17:25

Florin
8 points

Say one person comes up with the idea for a startup, and spends a significant amount of time over 2 years developing the business plan. That person then asks others to join the startup as...

Equity Business Plan Shares

asked Jun 23 '11 at 00:32

A Fake Username
86 points

I want to start a business selling food items, such as green teas. How can I go about building a website for it? I have no prior experience with selling items or building a website. I am motivated...

Ecommerce Website

asked Jun 16 '11 at 06:27

Mia
111 points

I have a software product I developed completely on my own over the span of many months. I spent a lot of time marketing, and redeveloping the application. The application is now a top downloaded...

Software Joint Venture

asked Jun 16 '11 at 10:33

Christopher Perry
116 points

My partner and I want to open a franchise restaurant. I primarily want to incorporate to protect against random lawsuits. We haven't decided between fully funding ourselves or seeking investors. If...

LLC Corporate Structure Investors Corporation

asked Jun 23 '11 at 05:33

Jhlu87
111 points

Im involved in a start up and I fear that at some point in the future my co-founder is going to screw me out my position or shares. What protections can I setup and what should I do avoid this from...

Co-Founder Technology Business

asked Jun 16 '11 at 15:06

Mack Arnold
36 points

I would like to know if I can use the thumb from Facebook for commercial use? I've seen it on a stamp (http://gizmodo.com/5561499/we-really-like-the-facebook-like-button-rubber-stamp), but is that...

Facebook

asked Jun 17 '11 at 00:52

Priktop
103 points

We're in the process of designing a web application and discovered a patent that lays claim to many basic web technologies that we are planning to use (like passing simulation data from a server to...

Patent

asked Jun 17 '11 at 05:55

Neo
24 points

I've been part of a startup that has so far done nothing or gone anywhere in almost a year. I have pretty much given up on the place but I am curious if I can walk out with an game pitch I created....

Employees Intellectual Property

asked Jun 17 '11 at 06:47

Cochtl
11 points

I have a new bootstrapped web service that targets consumers. It has a free trial offer. The visit to trial conversion is respectable, ranging from 10% to 15% on 300 samples. However, my conversion...

Traffic Trial Web Services Conversion

asked Jun 17 '11 at 22:14

Nick
173 points

I am experienced in my field (Software Engineering) but its mostly as a worker. This means that I can handle the work and can get it done from workers but I don't exactly know how to market my...

Software Newsletter Offshore Client

asked Jun 17 '11 at 23:11

Muhammad Yasir
108 points

My friend and I are starting an online business to sell environmentally friendly diapers. We are both middle aged women. She has kids, I don't and our husbands work for the city. We have some...

Business Organization

asked Jun 18 '11 at 00:04

Janice
6 points

I am running a start-up business in Denmark. Denmark is not a part of the Euro, but the currency has been pegged to the Euro for many years. I believe that there is a significant risk of a collapse...

Risk Finance Currency

asked Jun 18 '11 at 03:04

David
1,567 points

I recently participated on a team with a developer at a hackathon. The person has their own freelance business, so unlikely to join fulltime later. They expressed interest in helping with my...

Development Equity Compensation

asked Jun 18 '11 at 03:31

Anonya
11 points

How can an employer find out if an employee has been fired or left on good terms from a previous job at a large company?

Employees

asked Jun 18 '11 at 06:18

Jirad
105 points

I'm looking to purchase a template contract for delivering fixed scope/price software development projects, dealing with IP issues and everything else that needs to be taken into consideration. I...

Contract UK

asked Jun 18 '11 at 06:21

Dan Dyer
657 points