Questions

I’m entered into a business plan competition at my university and I could use a little inspiration to get my brain juices flowing. If the business plan works out I might even implement it in real...

Ideas Business Plan Business

asked Apr 19 '11 at 14:43

Djs13
30 points

I am looking into buying insurance for my at home business. I will need to insure, not only my home, but also the equipment inside and have all of the regular business insurance plans (property,...

Insurance

asked Apr 19 '11 at 15:03

Erito
1 point

I came up with an idea for a business web application and teamed up with a coder to build it. He has a lot of strong points and built a good product (it's 90% done) but to cut a long story short,...

Co-Founder Web Technical Apps

asked Apr 23 '11 at 14:24

Highlander
26 points

I know that seems like a "how do I cope with my spoil of riches?" type question and I apologize in advance for being the type of amateur class that for all I know has a popular tumblr blog...

Co-Founder Ideas Development Recommendations Social Media

asked Apr 23 '11 at 14:41

Ray Kinsella Not Really
6 points

I'm looking to hire some developers to help bang out some features of my app that I can't do myself yet. I'm going to be able to give them pretty specific tasks and if they do well continue on and...

Hiring Contract Independent Contractor

asked Apr 19 '11 at 18:16

Trying Hal9000
141 points

What is the difference between a C corp and an S corp? I'm seeking clarity to a comment to this question which says the type of corp changes from S to C if equity is vested in a company and not a...

Corporate Structure Accounting Setup

asked Apr 23 '11 at 17:12

Nissan Dookeran
177 points

I have an idea for a company I want to start (based around a product initally). How can I find out if a similar product already exists?

Ideas

asked Apr 19 '11 at 23:09

Zubair
138 points

I built an electronic version of a popular board game. I got some good responses on avoiding legal issues, but I went ahead and built it anyway, keeping it private for obvious reasons. Everyone who...

License Legal Copyright Trademark Web App

asked Apr 23 '11 at 22:49

Pate
306 points

I am starting a small venture to attack a niche. It might turn in something bigger, but it all depends on the trend that I am following. I will put some money down to hire a sales rep, but most...

Investment Small Business

asked Apr 24 '11 at 02:18

Geo
268 points

The Northwest Entrepreneur Network's First Look Forum finale is a pitch competition followed by networking. During the competition, companies give a 5-minute presentation covering the basics:...

Networking Pitch Investors

asked Apr 24 '11 at 02:33

Jon Pincus
52 points

sorry if this is very basic question but since I haven't used any group buying website myself I don't know how do they earns money? To be more clear: Does sites like groupon charge merchants in a...

Business Model

asked Apr 24 '11 at 04:48

Ashkanr
111 points

Does anyone have any experience when it comes to jumping directly into your own credit card processor and merchant account with an online startup? I know some merchant accounts require you are...

Ecommerce Payments Credit Cards Merchant Account

asked Apr 24 '11 at 09:44

Sk24iam
344 points

In the near future I will be taking a small business loan. I had planned on going to my local bank or to lending club but then I figured maybe I can get away with opening a new credit card with a...

Credit Cards Loan

asked Apr 24 '11 at 10:05

Sk24iam
344 points

In the past, I have setup several emails for my business. For example, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. From there I would make a gmail account called [email protected]....

Email

asked Apr 24 '11 at 10:32

Sk24iam
344 points

What is the most important skill one should have when starting up or running a business? is it financial handling?

Finance Business

asked Apr 24 '11 at 13:27

Pathum Mudannayake
178 points

I'm sure this has been asked before, but my searchfu failed me, so I'll ask... How do people bootstrap (which I assume is the most common early-funding model) and manage to pay the rent and feed...

Bootstrapped Funding

asked Apr 24 '11 at 14:33

Fixee
155 points

These days I am in process of raising 20k$ for my project (a facebook application), that requires at least 30k$ (10k of which I am able to come up with myself). When negotiating with an angel...

Equity Angel Investors Seed Funding

asked Apr 24 '11 at 17:27

User9950
31 points

I am extremely confused as to whether I am on the right track with the way I planned things to be. I wanted to start my own company in IT. I did a special degree in Geology and with effort I...

Business

asked Apr 20 '11 at 02:45

Pathum Mudannayake
178 points

When you are starting a new company, its often hard or impossible pay everyone for services they can provide. Some people may be willing to work with\help you build your dream in exchange for...

Equity Free

asked Apr 20 '11 at 03:48

Bryan Migliorisi
449 points

I own a web hosting company and maintain my own servers in a colocation facility. I do not resell the hosting services of another company. My new startup company is a SaaS provider that I'm hosting...

Legal Saas Hosting

asked Apr 20 '11 at 12:57

Tauren
240 points