Questions

I have been approached by a friend to help with the business side of a venture that he has developed/bootstrapped. No external funding until now. He has developed a working product with outsourced...

Bootstrapped Funding Equity Terms And Conditions

asked May 25 '11 at 16:30

Paddy
31 points

I'm making what I guess you'd call a website startup, at it's current state, I can do all the developing myself and I have a design coming along from my partner. Overheads will never exceed the...

Website Investment Investors

asked May 25 '11 at 22:10

Dunhamzzz
161 points

I have seen some charge by the hour and others by the project...wha'ts the best approach and why? If you charge lets' say $1500 per day and your costs are a part time Project manager, a business...

Pricing Software Entrepreneur

asked May 25 '11 at 23:15

Stacey
484 points

I have an LLC located in the US. As I've never done this before, I'm wondering what is a good rule of thumb concerning a percentage of revenue to put aside for taxes? Our LLC is based in Texas, we...

Tax

asked May 25 '11 at 23:32

James
139 points

I live in MA and currently run some blogging websites, but have dreams to expand to a broader range of media businesses. I have been reading about taking the next steps and it seems I might want to...

Business

asked May 26 '11 at 00:41

Dilbert Sigtau
11 points

Have you taken VC money or angel investor funding for your enterprise? At what stage? What has been your experience so far? I know Joel advises against it and hasn't used VC money so far, and I...

Venture Capital Angel

asked May 20 '11 at 20:21

Water Cooler V2
139 points

I recently read a news article (in Norwegian) that "the ability to cooperate" was essentially the only requirement for applicants, which was just as relevant 50 years ago as it is today, while...

Recruiting Employees Tools Human Resources

asked May 20 '11 at 20:26

David
1,567 points

I've read similar questions but like anyone asking a question I think my situation is different. My background: I've been working full time since 06 and currently work as a Sr. Developer on a...

Equity Company

asked May 26 '11 at 05:59

Josh
36 points

Got a few questions about forming a single member LLC in Delaware or LTD in London. I’m looking into forming a company abroad for an easier way to do business and billing (+ its cheaper) and am...

LLC Legal Tax Business

asked May 26 '11 at 08:10

Teekay
394 points

For simplicity assume conversion rate is 10%, and margin is 50%. How much should I pay for the visitor in relation to the lifetime value of the customer? PPC/10% < LTV*50% has to be true, but...

Adwords Advertising PPC Customer Value

asked May 21 '11 at 00:51

Tim Nikolaev
176 points

My niche software developing startup needs specialist developers. I have located an individual in China with proven experience in my field. How can I best go about working with him? I can't employ...

Legal Employees Intellectual Property China

asked May 21 '11 at 07:27

Paperjam
394 points

Feel free to redirect me if there's a forum this would be better suited for, I'm still unfamiliar with the functions of the different forums. I'm going to begin a project soon that requires a lot...

Ideas Website

asked May 21 '11 at 07:41

Gabe
31 points

I have an idea for an online business, but I don't have the time to actually "execute" it. Is it sellable if I develop the business plan, website, etc.? If so, or if not, when does a business...

Selling Business

asked May 21 '11 at 17:12

Richard Des Londe
206 points

I am early in the process of making a radical invention of equipment for moving earth. At the moment I am having trouble estimating the cost of moving one ton of earth one kilometer in a setting...

Cost Market Research Cost Estimation

asked May 21 '11 at 19:52

David
1,567 points

Has anyone used the online payroll system called "SurePayroll"? If so what were the pros and cons? Please tell the good, bad, and the ugly.

Costs Payroll

asked May 21 '11 at 23:48

Mc Cants
16 points

Thanks for taking the time to read this post. I am looking for some advice on how to setup equity for members of my company, which is a location-based social network for iOS devices. As it stands...

Equity Investment Investors Memberships

asked May 22 '11 at 02:40

Canty Jeffrey
10 points

I have done quite a bit of research before posting this question, so when I say I have a "good" startup idea it means: I am solving a very common problem => there is scope for revenue...

Ideas

asked May 22 '11 at 05:18

Yuvraj
57 points

My partner and I wanted to have a video on the landing page that explains our startup. Is there any crowdsourcing for videos out there? How do usually startups get someone to make a video for...

Marketing Bootstrapped Video

asked May 22 '11 at 15:21

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I have a small project that sells legal music online, per transaction is less than a dollar so the traditional payment solutions are not my option because they charge too much fee. I found out that...

Payments Shopping Cart Micro Payment

asked May 22 '11 at 23:28

Raymond Ho
126 points

I am looking into building a social media tool and would be curious to know what the entrepreneurs here are missing. Is there one information (raw data, aggregated data, chart, etc) that would...

Social Media Social Network

asked May 23 '11 at 00:01

Tucson
714 points