Questions

I'm considering applying my site, currently early in development, to YCombinator. Do I risk having my idea stolen by going through with the application process? They're asking very specific...

Ideas Incubators Application Intellectual Property

asked Mar 31 '11 at 03:40

Edit This
88 points

I'm currently raising capital for our startup and I have my first meeting with an angel investor next week. We are have achieved product/market fit, are ready to launch and are looking for $1.5...

Funding Angel

asked Apr 4 '11 at 21:13

Susan Jones
4,128 points

I currently run a poker startup which sells datamined statistics. I've been trying to accept payments from a merchant called moneybookers as they are very popular in the poker community. They don't...

Payments

asked Mar 31 '11 at 04:47

Nextgenneo
327 points

I am British and want to startup my company in Dubai. What kind of issues will I run into if I want to use the money in UK, USA or anywhere else in the world?

Tax Business Bank Offshore

asked Apr 4 '11 at 23:26

Oshirowanen
201 points

I have a question - if you're using Delicious what would it take to get you to switch to another bookmarking site? Full disclosure - I founded a social bookmarking site that launched its beta...

Social Network

asked Apr 5 '11 at 02:24

Rinnku
24 points

suppose a web 2.0 startup has completed its product and is trying to launch it...what are some of the most effective ways to promote the product that is specific to a web 2.0 model (ie. users come...

Marketing Web 2.0 Web Promotion

asked Mar 31 '11 at 05:45

Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

Anyone have any good resources for creating pro forma statements? I can't seem to get my balance sheet to tie out between equities and liabilities (and it's been a decade since I've taken...

Financial

asked Mar 31 '11 at 05:50

Nick
1,171 points

My network of people around me is almost nil. I am currently developing a software application. My partner and I are looking to find funding to hire a couple developers to finish our product and...

Investing Angel Angellist

asked Mar 31 '11 at 06:32

Aaron
124 points

I have been itching to do a startup since a long time but this visa (H1-B) is getting forever to sort out (6+ years already) One idea to work around the H1B issue is as follows - I transfer my...

Ideas Visa Legal

asked Mar 31 '11 at 07:46

User9070
21 points

Possible Duplicate: How to promote my business using social networking Hi All, I am going to roll up my sleeves and learn internet marketing to make my startup succeed. Need help with links to...

Marketing Social Media SEO Internet

asked Mar 31 '11 at 07:50

Seattle Techie
6 points

I am looking to start advertising my online fast food ordering website on the internet and I am looking for some ideas on how to do this for free, for the mean time. I currently have no money I...

Advertising

asked Apr 5 '11 at 04:31

Ddd
116 points

I am looking to understand how to find companies which might be interested in my consulting / programming services. Of course I don't want to compete with existing small companies or freelancers....

Consulting Android

asked Apr 5 '11 at 06:21

Greg Dan
108 points

My current startup has stabilized and is running pretty much on cruise-control... What is interesting, however, is that as I was looking to provide an additional service to my potential customers,...

Ideas Business Plan

asked Apr 5 '11 at 06:38

Igorek
886 points

As part of our LegalZoom LLC package, we opted for a free DUNs number, because it was free. I got a call from D&B today stating that it was ~$290 for us to have a credit file with them, and...

B2B

asked Mar 31 '11 at 09:17

Justin
20 points

I currently own a resume writing business, but am also starting up a separate B2B copywriting business as well as another online marketing site. All of these ventures have very different customers,...

Marketing Social Media Branding

asked Apr 5 '11 at 07:59

Mary Aho
46 points

What services have people used to assist them in writing their business plan? What costs have been associated with these services? Was it a face to face meeting or strictly online/ over the phone...

Business Plan

asked Mar 31 '11 at 11:13

User6528
149 points

I'm interested in setting up a business to help people (I'm thinking mostly self-employed professionals) deal with clients who don't pay. The plan is to have two strands: (1) buying bad debt of...

Clients

asked Apr 5 '11 at 09:41

Marcin
526 points

I want to search the SERP position of my website keywords in google.us. The problem is that when I type google.us it redirects me to google.com. So how to find the position of the keywords in...

SEO

asked Mar 31 '11 at 13:53

Integrated S
64 points

I'm in the process of starting up a new company, while ramping up an existing one. Are there any generally accepted ways to manage / document the splitting up of office rent, equipment, etc? In the...

Accounting Expenses

asked Apr 6 '11 at 03:39

Ev Conrad
561 points

First this happened to a client -- and now it has happened in a slightly different configuration to me. We have become victims of a classic protection scam. You know -- the hire us to keep bad...

Marketing Recommendations Entrepreneurs

asked Apr 6 '11 at 04:09

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points