Questions

Short background: I have a web startup idea which solves an existing problem. There are many online solutions available for the problem, but my solution is "unique". I have done a basic background...

Software Ideas Development Outsourcing

asked May 23 '11 at 01:41

Yuvraj
57 points

Let me describe a situation I happened to be in by now several times. I work in the field of detector/electronics/imaging systems development. I often get some new technical ideas and solutions,...

Management Ideas Patent Employees

asked May 23 '11 at 02:26

Nick
6 points

Greetings, I am planning on joining a start up with someone as a co-founder and right now we're in a hurry to get product off the ground. I've worked with this person in a trial period and I...

Co-Founder Contract Legal Compensation

asked May 23 '11 at 03:01

Daniel
157 points

I quite admire Dharmesh' networking skills, which is why I thought it would be only appropriate to ask this question on this forum. Which as per you all is the best book on Business Networking...

Networking Business

asked May 23 '11 at 04:22

Ayush Agrawal
23 points

In my experience, it takes around a year to sell software to a large company. I have seen it getting done in three months, but it is very seldom. Therefore, my question is whether you know of any...

Marketing Strategy Selling Tactics

asked May 23 '11 at 04:50

David
1,567 points

I was searching for some information, analyses and categorization for business models that are used in Internet-based businesses (basically: in the businesses that are conducted through the...

Resources Business Model Business Plan Business Internet

asked May 23 '11 at 10:00

Tadeck
56 points

I have the personal understanding, the ability to restructure my site so it is appealing to the Chinese audience and enough expat Chinese friends to test the hell out of my startup website. What I...

Website Geography China

asked May 23 '11 at 12:09

Xiaohouzi79
1,257 points

I have an LLC for my custom software development business. It is currently registered in Virginia where I have lived for years. Now I am moving to NC because of my wifes work. Everything I do is...

LLC Legal

asked May 23 '11 at 13:12

Justin C
838 points

Im a technical founder thats on the look out for a business minded co-founder. I am interested in the business side (I want to build a real business around my product) but I recognise that this is...

Co-Founder

asked May 23 '11 at 14:30

Tinny
404 points

I have a site that I launched yesterday. I've thought of things like DIGGing, Reddit, etc., but I'm not seeing much of a change in my website traffic. I've gotten a few (literally) users to go...

Advertising

asked May 18 '11 at 05:01

Steve Corey
41 points

Im planning to hire 3 employees in a soon to be corporation in USA, but I would be only a director because of my passive role as a non immigrant. How I can find qualified people, meet them in a...

Incorporation Foreign Employees

asked May 23 '11 at 15:30

Alejandro
48 points

We have a Mac OS X application and we'd like to use AdWords to help people hear about it. The two tests we've done have produced 70%+ of our traffic coming from IE and then Google downgrades our...

Adwords

asked May 18 '11 at 05:28

Dad
166 points

I work for a startup that is into building speech related applications for mobile phones. We have a number of ideas and want to jump right into product development. Recent developments (I cannot go...

Market Research

asked May 23 '11 at 19:54

Sriram
174 points

I am in the process of writing my business plan now I have a few questions. I do apologise if some of the Questions I ask have been answered already. Firstly I want to start Mobile App development...

Software Business Plan

asked May 23 '11 at 23:16

I Scotts
11 points

Many companies are started by people who dream of one day drinking pina coladas on the beach after exiting their business in some fashion. Of course many fail to deliver on that dream, and some of...

Business Plan Exit Strategy

asked May 18 '11 at 10:12

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

I have the most experienced and talented people (120 instructors making up 20 MLB teams) for teaching baseball in Minnesota but no one knows because I don't have a building (overhead). How do I get...

Venture Capital Branding

asked May 18 '11 at 10:24

C J
14 points

There are a lot of books out there which hit on these concepts: Discounted cash flow: NPV, IRR Return on equity WACC CAPM Capital structure: Debt vs. Equity However, most of these books broach...

Equity Finance Loan Corporate Capital

asked May 13 '11 at 03:00

Jgoldberg
6 points

When founders divide a startup's equity amongst themselves, are those numbers set in stone (ignoring future dilution)? I ask this because my co-founders and I are pondering whether we should...

Equity Shares

asked May 13 '11 at 04:29

A Fake Username
86 points

My co-founders and I plan to issue profit shares and voting shares separately. For example, I might receive 35% of the profit shares, and 15% of the voting shares. What disadvantages are there to...

Equity Shares

asked May 13 '11 at 05:13

A Fake Username
86 points

Every single website marketing strategy tips that I find on the Internet virtually all talk about some sort of SEO technique. Yes, SEO is important, we know this already. Now, has anyone actually...

Marketing Web Website

asked May 13 '11 at 06:51

Kamikaze Pilot
253 points