Questions

I am seeking equity partners to invest in my restaurant. I am wondering how I can propose a deal where I would be able to keep majority ownership while not being able to put up more than 10% of the...

Equity

asked May 9 '11 at 05:04

Ryan
11 points

I was wondering what the difference between a founder and a co-founder was. I am the founder of a company and I have worked on the project by myself then brought on board a partner to work on the...

Co-Founder Entrepreneurs

asked May 4 '11 at 04:08

Andy
81 points

I am working hard with lots of start-up clients on their business models. One of the critical issues that we keep coming back to is "who is the customer." In my model the customer is the person...

Marketing Business Model Investors

asked May 4 '11 at 04:12

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

I am about to give an offer for software to a large enterprise. I know that it is normal to say that there is an upfront price for software and a yearly maintenance fee of around 18% of the upfront...

Pricing Software Strategy Enterprise

asked May 9 '11 at 06:06

David
1,567 points

In attracting investors, does the city/location of the startup play a role? Is it better to start the company in Souther California or in Bellevue, WA ?

Location

asked May 4 '11 at 06:05

Sakthy
45 points

So we are a SaaS model new recruitng tool and weve been trying to acquire our first couple of major deals. I read alot of books on starting up and have advised start ups my whole career. At first...

Sales Software Recruiting Saas Free

asked May 4 '11 at 07:19

Rich Goldstein
21 points

I am just now discovering CNET, a site that lets you apparently have software that you've developed available for download, plus a lot more. Have any software developers or software sellers on...

Software Distribution

asked May 9 '11 at 11:05

User6492
1,747 points

I'm about to place a site I've built live and looking at registering a domain name. Is there anything I need to worry about in picking a name? If my domain name is a misspelling of another domain...

Legal Copyright Domain

asked May 4 '11 at 13:08

Xiaohouzi79
1,257 points

Essentially, a site is just something independent that lives on the Web. How do I actually associate that site as being protected under legal liability of my LLC company? Does it just happen...

LLC Legal Website

asked May 9 '11 at 13:56

Genadinik
1,821 points

By targeting multiple segments, we have to price our software according to different schemes. We are currently thinking about defining a "per project" license. We are doing the following...

Pricing

asked May 9 '11 at 23:00

Pillona
355 points

I have been asked to work with a small startup who say they will offer me a 15% share of their LLP for my expertise. However as far as I am aware an LLP does not have a shareholders agreement and...

Partnerships Shares

asked May 4 '11 at 18:14

John
6 points

I see a startup in my future, either the business or the tech side. I am a Computer Science major, what I want to know is if it is worth minoring in Entrepreneurship (or some other business minor)...

CTO Entrepreneurs CEO Education

asked May 5 '11 at 01:01

Yoel
116 points

pretty much as the title says...

Ideas Research Business Plan

asked May 5 '11 at 01:30

Frank
13 points

A while ago i was surfing around the internet and i found this site: captchatrader.com. I don't understand why would someone pay for people to solve captchas. What is the reason? What do they get...

Ideas Business Model Website Business

asked May 5 '11 at 02:25

Sfrj
205 points

I run a web design company and we're having a contest for business owners. We're giving away a lot of prizes, with the grand prize winner getting a free website, hosting for a year, and other...

Marketing Contests Business

asked May 10 '11 at 03:26

Virtuosi Media
1,232 points

I need to select a realtor to help our small business find new office space for us to move to when our current lease expires. I want to interview three and choose one from among them. What...

Leasing

asked May 10 '11 at 05:23

Tcolling
433 points

I work at a startup in California, USA. I know that whenever I go out to lunch with my CEO, he says he is only allowed to expense the meal if it was "business related," like meeting clients or...

Tax Benefits

asked May 10 '11 at 06:04

Brad
117 points

We (me and my partner) recently incorporated as a Limited By Shares company (Ltd). Stupidly, when filling out the forms we put down 1m shares with nominal value at £1 thinking these were just...

Incorporation Company Shares

asked May 10 '11 at 06:27

Tom
480 points

When an investor invests an amount in a startup company exchange for equity, how do they protect themselves from being significantly diluted by a larger investor? And is that even an issue?

Beginning Investors Shares

asked May 10 '11 at 07:30

Pate
306 points

I am finally putting the final touches on my business plan and have begun looking for seed capital for my project. In recent weeks I have come upon new data about the startup capital of some of...

Competition Budget

asked May 10 '11 at 07:50

Miguel Buckenmeyer
482 points