Questions

If I need to do a background search on a potential contractor, am I obligated to inform them and/or get their consent?

Legal Contractor

asked May 28 '11 at 08:22

Aj.
212 points

Background: I have been asked by a company to put together a proposal to build a highly specialised piece of software. The company is a new player in the financial sector who needs to have this...

Pricing Legal

asked May 24 '11 at 01:23

Patrick
123 points

We all know how important it is to remain positive. In the face of insurmountable odds, the strong are those that are able to see the potential, the positive and the path to success. The...

Motivation Leadership

asked May 24 '11 at 02:10

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

I've had the opportunity to work at quite a few startups. One thing I've to be common in them is adhoc way of doing things and ignorance towards processes, best practices and known project...

Project Management Business Process

asked May 18 '11 at 14:57

Hasan Khan
118 points

Should a company equity entitlement be stated in your employment contract? If not, what entitlement to any equity do you have? Particularly if you're already employed there?

Contract Equity

asked May 24 '11 at 02:57

Chester
6 points

I applied for a grant to create a website that will 'save the world'. The grant-giving organization gave me a choice: take the grant which would fund the first two months (hiring a web developer),...

Marketing Legal Website

asked May 18 '11 at 21:10

Lindsay
36 points

I expect a large scale software project to come in which must be delivered successfully for us to get more business. I don't have enough in house resources to accomodate this project but I do have...

Sales

asked May 18 '11 at 23:42

Stacey
484 points

I made some bugs on my site recently that were pretty bad. It is just part of a new release, but I am sure people are not happy about it. What kind of things can I do for the users of my site to...

Customers Customer Support

asked May 24 '11 at 05:19

Genadinik
1,821 points

I am curious if anyone has had luck pitching their startups to publications like TechCrunch or ReadWriteWeb. Also, what is an effective pitch structure/template/approach?

PR

asked May 19 '11 at 02:01

Genadinik
1,821 points

We launched our company Twitter account by getting a few thousand other Twitter users to follow us -- by following them. The result was like a crowded pick-up joint on Saturday night. People were...

Social Media

asked May 24 '11 at 07:59

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

I was wondering if anybody knows what has to be done in Belgium if I want to sell computer games under the legal age (18). Which means I am to young to start a business legally. Thanks in...

Selling Computers

asked May 19 '11 at 04:37

Simon Verbeke
108 points

My question is pretty broad, but I am just wondering the next logical steps to take in establishing and distributing equity in an iOS App Business Startup. What form or document do I would need to...

Equity Distribution Agreements Shares

asked May 24 '11 at 13:47

Canty Jeffrey
10 points

At the moment, my co-founders and I are working on our startup part-time. We're in the process of figuring out how many shares to allocate to each person. If one of us quits their full-time job to...

Equity Fulltime Shares

asked May 19 '11 at 06:19

A Fake Username
86 points

Looking to bring on some developers and using sites like Vworker.com. While looking for prices to offer I'd like to get an idea of what is a good price and a poor price for developers in different...

Salary Human Resources Budget

asked May 19 '11 at 06:29

John Bogrand
2,210 points

My company is in a niche with over 11 million potential customers, yet we have a little less than 100k customers currently. Given that we currently spend $0.00 in marketing (we focused on...

Marketing Planning Advertising Promotion

asked May 19 '11 at 10:34

John
23 points

I have a two-part question: I need to know how to determine how many membership units should be issued for each member, including a new member.I have an LLC with three members. Each member...

LLC

asked May 19 '11 at 11:58

Renee
11 points

I've just created a new site which allows users to post content around their local area and any activities. As it has just been launched there is not much in the way of content for those people...

Website Social

asked May 19 '11 at 12:03

Xiaohouzi79
1,257 points

What would be the best way to collect usage metrics of a SaaS software? I want to collect something like logins, clicks and time spent in my software. Are there existing services out there that...

Metrics Data Collection

asked May 24 '11 at 18:42

Sebastian Hoitz
191 points

I've read lots of entrepreneurs' advice, and most of them boil down one concept: never give up. This is easier to say than to do. My question is, when is the time to give up and move on? When is...

Entrepreneurs

asked May 24 '11 at 22:40

Victor
593 points

I have heard several times that the Sarbanes–Oxley Act had a profound affect upon how business is performed in the US, but no one has ever explained to me what all the fuss is about. Can you? How,...

Regulation

asked May 19 '11 at 21:33

John Berryman
388 points