Questions

I am currently contracting as a software engineer on a W2, and I am thinking of incorporating. Which is the most tax beneficial way, an LLC, sole proprietorship, S-Corp? Keep in mind that at this...

LLC Incorporation Tax

asked Jun 18 '11 at 07:53

Christopher Perry
116 points

I am the co-owner of a small web development firm. We offer Ruby on Rails programming for our clients which mostly consist of small companies. We typically charge $80-$110 per hour. For 2/3 of our...

Pricing Consulting SLA

asked Jun 18 '11 at 10:10

Aac
85 points

The situation is as follows. There are 3 investors: Me, founder & MD 75% of shares, invested 500k Relative 1, 15% of shares, invested 630K Relative 2, 10% of shares, invested 500k (as a loan...

Salary

asked Jun 19 '11 at 00:47

Menno
36 points

I was wondering if anyone has come across a free / open-source website chat? I'm interested in something similar to oLark or Live Person, without the monthly fee's... Has anyone ever come across...

Sales Customer Service Conversion Chat

asked Jun 19 '11 at 04:17

Justin Levy
6 points

I would like to start a website where people can discuss whatever they please. They will be allowed to upload images of the topic they're talking about. For example, a user writes a review on the...

Website Copyright

asked Jun 19 '11 at 05:13

Jo Jo
148 points

I am developing a user generated content site right now and its almost finished so I have been researching a bit on what I need to do legally. I know its going to take a lot of hard work and time...

Legal Website Copyright Terms And Conditions

asked Jun 19 '11 at 09:25

Leo
71 points

Suppose your company has developed a lot of patents to defend itself from being sued. Company A is sued by company B for infringement of its patents. Company B's patents are invalidated by the...

Patent

asked Jun 19 '11 at 10:15

User48956
119 points

I'm a college entrepreneur (currently pursuing my bachelors in Business) and I've been studying/reading books about the different strategies that successful business school candidates use to get...

MBA Ideas Non Technical

asked Jun 19 '11 at 14:48

Djs13
30 points

I'm preparing a digital product that I'm going to sell in the days to come. I am a programmer, so I don't have any problems in preparing my website and even setting Paypal to handle my payment...

Ecommerce Payments Website

asked Jun 19 '11 at 19:49

Spyros P
132 points

I'm a web developer running a startup in development and i'm looking for a sales/business relationships guy who can do marketing and contact businesses that we'll promote their products. How much...

Equity

asked Jun 19 '11 at 20:52

Ryan
139 points

We are a group of 5 people working on an idea for a start-up. The aim is to find an investor that would allow us to develop the project fully. Now we're just at the idea and presentation stage. 3...

Equity Founders Organization Presentation

asked Jun 19 '11 at 22:49

Giovanni
11 points

I've seen plenty of questions dealing with beta testing, marketing, market research and so on. My question is which practical quality assurance and security steps should a web app or service make...

Launch Product Launch Security QA

asked Jun 19 '11 at 22:53

Joe
121 points

I am a 22 year old web developer. In the last three years I have been developing for the mobile and web platform. I've been hired with no degree, based on my skills solely. I am now faced with a...

Education

asked Jun 20 '11 at 05:06

Vondip
584 points

I am looking to start my first online store for women's beauty/hair products. I am shopping around for a hosted shopping cart solution and came across this one. Big Commerce seems very good so...

Ecommerce

asked Jun 20 '11 at 08:11

Liz
1 point

There are thousands of books out there that tell us about all kinds of successful and inspiring companies, and why they are successful. But what about promising companies that failed in the first...

Books

asked Jun 20 '11 at 11:49

Heavy Wave
111 points

I've been working for my current employer for the past several years as CTO. I recently pitched them on starting a separate division that is more entrepreneurial and experimental to spin out...

Equity Employees Founders

asked Jun 20 '11 at 18:54

Adam
16 points

I am selling an enterprise system. So far there has been no real sales-volume, so I do not have any price model to publish. The few customers I have are really happy with the solution. My...

Pricing B2B Enterprise

asked Jun 20 '11 at 19:28

I Like Traffic Lights
16 points

My 3 man equal partnership disagrees on a key issue regarding placing a buyout clause in our operating agreement. One of the three is deeply against any buyout close for both his status as a member...

LLC Agreements

asked Jun 13 '11 at 08:50

Steve
113 points

What are some ways that a company can attract investors? I am the proud owner of a profitable software as a service (SaaS) company and I need capital to grow. But this is more of a broad question....

Venture Capital

asked Jun 13 '11 at 10:26

Rook
123 points

I've been getting conflicting advice about this, and figure if there's a spot that would know the answer one way or the other, it's onstartups.com In a nutshell I'm trying to find out if I have to...

Incorporation Legal Canada Business

asked Jun 13 '11 at 11:51

Canadiancreed
136 points