Questions

There are many money issues that neither add to my code base nor user base. For example: payroll taxes and excise taxes W2 W3 W4 I9 941 940 1120 + all the equivalent state forms all of those...

Getting Started Finance Tax Accounting

asked Jun 13 '11 at 14:32

Evan
133 points

Can you please include links to some of the various "online-game" monetization examples besides placing ads & publishing on an appStore. (if possible please include short comment as to why it's...

Business Model Monetization

asked Jun 20 '11 at 22:34

Timo
66 points

When discussing my annual salary increase, my employer wanted me to list all my personal expenditures. They feel I should have plenty of money and I must be spending "frivolously" if I don't....

Human Resources

asked Jun 13 '11 at 23:22

Meganbliss
21 points

I want to start developing (well trying to) my web application. I am not sure if I should start with the market research to find out what features they want or if they even want the app at all. Or...

Market Research Prototype

asked Jun 13 '11 at 23:54

I Scotts
152 points

Ok I was thinking of hiring app developer (once i know what I want to develop) and sell apps for the ipad/iphone. But all im reading is about how the market is saturated and how no developers are...

Marketing Iphone

asked Jun 21 '11 at 00:54

I Scotts
152 points

I'm getting ready to "relaunch" my site. The site currently sells royalty-free Silverlight controls by independent developers (sort of an iStockPhoto business model). I'm working on a massive...

Marketing Promotion

asked Jun 21 '11 at 00:55

Steve Wortham
287 points

There is a lot's of start-ups that not protected by a patent like tumblr/twitter/evernote and more... How do they start getting massive users without letting copycats and Competitor disturbing...

Marketing Technology Competition Seed Funding

asked Jun 21 '11 at 01:47

Frank Parsons
6 points

A friend and I formed an Oregon LLC in 2008 for an online business. Now we're up and running and both working on it full-time. Now we've both moved to Texas and want to re-form as a Texas company...

LLC Tax Founders Vesting

asked Jun 21 '11 at 03:39

Sean
134 points

We have a company with 5 co-founders and are having some serious issues with work process. We started with 3 cofounders and just assumed we'd do an equal equity split without thinking it through....

Equity

asked Jun 21 '11 at 04:55

Marco
6 points

This sounds ultra fishy, but it really is just for keeping a certain person from determining who is behind a company. I want to start a business with a business name, in any state, and not have my...

Legal Legal Documents

asked Jun 14 '11 at 03:09

No Thanks
21 points

So many web 2.0 type sites these days have a "As Seen In" or "Featured In" section on their website. Does anyone know what the best approach to achieving this kind of PR is?

Advertising Press Release News Release

asked Jun 14 '11 at 03:11

Nikolay Piryankov
683 points

I have an idea for a software product, I (think I) know how I'll sell it. I also know what will be needed to develop it but I have just a part of the technical experience needed, not enough to make...

Resources

asked Jun 14 '11 at 03:18

David
6 points

I plan on working in the pattern recognition software industry. Some research into this industry led me to read about a company called “Nuance Communication.” According to this techcrunch article,...

Patent Ethics Intellectual Property

asked Jun 14 '11 at 04:28

Amichai
241 points

I'm getting to ready to launch a business-to-business service that will charge a $5,000 fee per service rendered. I would like to only accept credit cards, but I'm not sure if most customers are...

Credit Cards

asked Jun 21 '11 at 10:34

S Startup
31 points

(Incoming wall of text) I'm a 27-year-old recent college (under)graduate (computer science) who's currently unemployed and having a heck of a time finding a job. I have what I believe is a decent...

Funding Website

asked Jun 21 '11 at 11:50

M Harrison
63 points

Need help. Startup. Several founders. Got investments n$. Worked for free after getting investments 6 months. Reached and even more, KPIs, Investors are very happy. Now new round with new investors...

Salary Founders

asked Jun 14 '11 at 06:38

Founder
6 points

First, I want to know your opinion if I should contact Microsoft in this case and then to whom I should write. There's an online customer need where some companies have fulfilled with different...

Technology Microsoft

asked Jun 14 '11 at 07:06

Xaqron
311 points

I'm starting up my business. I'll be offering services to website owners, such as: finding broken links, making 3D covers for ebooks & DVDs from images they provide, maintaining their website,...

Customers Web Services Contact

asked Jun 21 '11 at 18:51

User2534
154 points

For the past few days I have been trying and failing to get onto Microsoft's BizSpark program. I left my day job and incorporated last week and am now setting up my development machines. I really...

UK Bizspark

asked Jun 21 '11 at 22:09

Paperjam
394 points

I realize this has been addressed in various forms before but I feel this case is unique. How much equity would you give to a friend who came up with the idea for a startup but is voluntarily...

Advisors Equity

asked Jun 14 '11 at 20:29

Johnster
21 points