Questions

I'm following on this question regarding my start-up experience in my resume. Over a year ago I quit my consulting job to start-up a service company, and after 13 months we (my partners and...

Interviews Failure

asked Apr 27 '11 at 09:37

Saitam
36 points

Im currently working on a channel on Yt which does album reviews and I've gone from just speaking to do it in person on webcam and I am hoping at some point to go for a Yt partnership as I've...

Legal Video Copyright Partnerships Music

asked May 3 '11 at 11:12

Keepinitcore
8 points

I'm curious what are the main things required to make a good 2 page teaser, to be presented to a potential buyer of a company, a European company. Some tips as well as links to examples would be...

Venture Capital Investors Selling

asked Apr 27 '11 at 10:18

Shk
4 points

I am ready to get in touch with investors, what do you guys do. 1) Do you send them an email with your executive summary? 2) Send them an email asking if they would like to receive one...

Investors

asked Apr 27 '11 at 17:36

Pmillio
57 points

My small software company - Jitbit - currently uses servers located in the US (for both our website and SAAS solutions) because the majority of our customers is there. But I consider moving to a...

Hosting Server UX

asked Apr 27 '11 at 19:19

Jitbit
267 points

Wondering who owns stock/options pool before they are given out, e.g. in case of vesting. The company? (if yes, can an LLC own stock/options?), or the investor?

Stock Options

asked Apr 28 '11 at 00:45

Tamberg
113 points

We have set up a start up. Its being surviving for last 10 months. We are planning to launch an mobile app soon. But our worry is that we don't have a marketing team. We cannot afford to have a...

Market Market Opportunity

asked Apr 28 '11 at 01:26

Fayaz
35 points

I'm creating a new startup in DC and corporating as an LLC. Do I need to have Company Name, LLC or am I free to name it just Company Name?

Branding Naming Trademark

asked Apr 28 '11 at 05:04

Marco Ceppi
126 points

If I hire someone on oDesk or a similar website by the hour and they are based in the U.S., will my company get in trouble for paying that person less than minimum wage? I've found some answers on...

Outsourcing

asked Apr 28 '11 at 05:24

Andy Cook
2,309 points

I've not worked in a company(i'm a student), but since i have been doing some collaboration with people(for projects and papers), i've noticed that one of the most, if not the most, important thing...

Software Company

asked Apr 28 '11 at 05:40

Spyros P
132 points

We develop and sell mobile software to consumers and are based in US. We sell software internationally but since it is not localized majority of our sales are in English speaking countries. I'm...

Software Customer Support International

asked Apr 28 '11 at 08:27

Subjc
116 points

I am in a single person LLC, so I am allowed to file my taxes on my personal return and I don't have to cut myself paychecks. I would prefer to take all of the money out at the end of the year....

Solo Entrepreneur LLC Accounting Payroll

asked Apr 28 '11 at 08:38

Skaz
254 points

My apologies if this question has been asked before. I tried to find the answer reviewing other questions and still don't have the answer so here is the question(s): We are now setting up the...

Equity Legal Founders Vesting

asked Apr 28 '11 at 16:49

Miguel Buckenmeyer
482 points

I came up with a solid product that would be interesting to the top 5 companies in my specific market. These 5 websites are very competitive and its a small market. In order for my product to...

Business Proposal

asked Apr 28 '11 at 17:37

Frankie Yale
6 points

I would like to know how inc companies are formed. Is it only beyond some threshold revenue or asset barrier that companies can be incorporated as incs. I have seen most of the US major companies:...

Incorporation Finance Business

asked Apr 28 '11 at 18:24

Pathum Mudannayake
178 points

I got interested in business models involving prediction markets and I am wondering at which point such a thing is considered gambling. Here are the cornerstones: it's a prediction market, i.e....

Legal Market

asked Apr 28 '11 at 21:56

Movingabout
16 points

Is there a good resource for templates for those documents?

Legal Terms And Conditions

asked Apr 29 '11 at 04:23

Ron M.
4,224 points

I like all the new stack forums, I think they're like the fora equivalents of Twitter. OnStartups seems to be a place where you can ask general questions about start ups, but is there a forum...

Forum

asked Apr 25 '11 at 00:26

Pongy
18 points

I am about to create an S Corporation for liability and tax purposes, and I wanted to get a general feel for a tax question before asking an attorney or CPA about it. I have a day job, for which I...

Tax Corporation

asked Apr 25 '11 at 02:32

Poundifdef
114 points

I would like to hear people opinion about outsourcing direct sales to affiliates. We expect our affiliates to do cold calls to prospects and close deals, we will do the actual delivery and provide...

Sales Ecommerce Affiliate Large Companies

asked Apr 25 '11 at 03:40

Shai Ben Yehuda
81 points