Questions

I have a software product (price around 700 USD). Some customers use PayPal, which is very low-touch and easy for us. Others want to do the whole procedure: RFQ / price quote / PO / invoice / wire...

Payments Credit Cards

asked Feb 17 '11 at 01:04

Philippe
297 points

I worked with a new partner to create a customer before we signed a var agreement.(we had a NDA though) We sold the customer our software but the actual contract for the sale will not take place...

Legal Partnerships

asked Feb 17 '11 at 01:27

Stacey
484 points

If I am selling to an SMB or enterprise should I have seperate agreements for license and annual maintenance /tech support?

Contract Legal

asked Feb 17 '11 at 02:56

Stacey
484 points

I have an innovative idea that I want to put onto the market, but I still have to develop the idea into a product. I know a few companies that have the knowledge I am looking for. What is the best...

Entrepreneurs Salary Partnerships Project Innovation

asked Feb 10 '11 at 23:46

Bruggew
21 points

My company is a little over 2 years old and profitable with 6 employees. We currently sublease space from another company and now we are looking to get our own space. We don't have customers at our...

Office Space

asked Feb 11 '11 at 00:27

Jason Cianchette
511 points

I am currently prototyping my web application. I need a web designer or in lieu of that, a good resource where modern web application templates (web 2.0 in style) can be purchased. The template...

Web 2.0 Website

asked Feb 17 '11 at 05:01

Ron M.
4,224 points

First time posting to this Q&A so please be kind! I and a partner are looking to build a web community. However, my partner and I are both business folks. We understand to build a successful...

Co-Founder Technology Equity Technical

asked Feb 11 '11 at 01:55

Li Zhou
323 points

My small software company ships both SaaS and downloadable versions of software. I was wondering if signing the "downloadable" apps with a code-signing certificate will improve conversions? Well,...

Software Conversion

asked Feb 11 '11 at 02:35

Jitbit
267 points

When submitting a proposal to a public RFP do you add a "Copyright. All Rights Reserved"? Would this confuse the organization requesting the proposal? Is this common practice? My thought is that...

Copyright Proposal

asked Feb 11 '11 at 02:37

Big Tuna
349 points

What are the benefits/disadvantages/difficulties of umbrella branding, i.e., "overarching brand used across multiple related products" (wiki ) vs individual branding. We are looking for a...

Strategy Branding

asked Feb 11 '11 at 06:52

Dyn Zack
216 points

Is it a good idea to use WordPress as the base for a startup app? Would a VC invest in an app if it was built on WordPress, regardless of the idea? The app, for example, is a photosharing site...

Ideas Apps Wordpress

asked Feb 17 '11 at 15:19

Sirwan Qutbi
14 points

At tech events and when talking with investors I'm often asked where myself and my cofounder know each other from. Beyond the obvious, what kind of information are people looking get a better...

Networking Team

asked Feb 11 '11 at 08:37

Derek Dahmer
306 points

I know this is a broad question (and a sensitive one) but would be interested to know some stats. If using Google's AdMob service for your android app, can you provide an indication of realised...

Monetization Advertising Android

asked Feb 17 '11 at 16:15

Giulio
163 points

Firstly, I know what you are thinking already, "Not another daily deals website!" - it's true, I am entering an oversaturated, highly competitive market of daily deal websites. It's going to be an...

Getting Started Marketing Ideas Leads

asked Feb 17 '11 at 17:23

Digital Sea
1,613 points

Imagine that I want to launch my web site or other product in six months. It's too much work for one person - perhaps it will need four to eight people. Let's also imagine that I have a good but...

Software Development Sourcing

asked Feb 17 '11 at 20:43

James Barton
11 points

My friend and I have been working as independent energy consultants for about a year now and we are planning to incorporate to be able to extend our services. We both got our PhDs last year and we...

Incorporation Registration

asked Feb 17 '11 at 22:56

Siah
106 points

I'm about to launch a new web startup in less than a month. It'll be a freemium web application which will offer a Facebook-related service with various pricing plans. I'm still a bit unsure on...

Promotion

asked Feb 11 '11 at 23:57

The Coding Monk
163 points

This post/question is little long but could be useful for startups so I decided to write it here. I have been using an internal dashboard to track my application events and user actions in a php...

Bootstrapped User Interface

asked Feb 12 '11 at 01:33

Nilesh
420 points

We are a Canadian-based incorporated business that is about to sell subscriptions to a SaaS, both yearly and monthly. How do we handle adding taxes to the service? Since we are a Quebec-based...

Web Tax Saas

asked Feb 12 '11 at 02:34

Jb Lesage
70 points

We have successfully launched a small business providing services locally in a couple cities. Uptake of new clients has been slow and we want to spend some of our (limited!) cash to market the...

Marketing Recommendations Advertising

asked Feb 18 '11 at 04:19

Mcohen75
157 points