Questions

My two-person education startup is looking to move to San Francisco for personal and business reasons. What are the possibilities and tradeoffs of where to live/work? Our general (somewhat...

Location San Francisco

asked Feb 7 '11 at 07:35

Derek Dahmer
306 points

I currently have a LLC that I am operating under. I am wanting to start a web service that will be accepting credit card payments. The web service will go under a name that is very different then...

LLC Credit Cards Naming

asked Jan 31 '11 at 12:30

Kellenjb
116 points

As I work on finishing up the final details for my start-up. I wanted to know if anyone here setup pilot programs for their first few customers at discounted rates or for free for a limited period...

Launch Promotion

asked Jan 31 '11 at 17:35

John
161 points

Assume that we've got a 10.000 (usd or euros) budget. Which of the following 3 options is better for launching? 1) Spend all of it on a great domain (e.g mymobile.com) 2) Spend 20 on a mediocre...

Marketing Launch Adwords Domain

asked Feb 1 '11 at 04:54

Cherouvim
219 points

I need to design a logo, a business card, and website for an idea I'm developing. I want to use one of the "Design Contest" websites. But I'm not sure which one. Seems like there are some...

Outsourcing

asked Feb 7 '11 at 21:36

Christian
138 points

Some tradeshows propose a "put your flyer in visitor's bag" option. We are currently considering buying it for a product launch, but I am wondering if this is worth the money ? What experience do...

Tradeshow

asked Feb 1 '11 at 07:52

Pillona
355 points

I see that the RISE conference is happening in Austin on March 7-11, 2011. Their website seems a little light on details about the sessions, though. Can anybody who has attended in the past share...

Conferences

asked Feb 1 '11 at 07:59

Brandon King
959 points

I've formed an S-Corp in California for a small local business. Like many small business owners I'll be operating the business out of my home. What expenses can the corporation pay for without...

Legal Tax Corporate Structure

asked Feb 1 '11 at 08:08

Mcohen75
157 points

Anyone know of an ONLINE solution for managing contracts, legal forms, etc? Something where I could generate, send, sign, and store legal contracts online- so that both parties would never need to...

Contract Legal Website

asked Feb 8 '11 at 02:46

Yarin
147 points

I am (co-)starting a company with the bought assets of my previous (software) company, dormant for over a year. The IT guy from the previous company is coming on board to help revive the server...

IT Employees

asked Feb 1 '11 at 09:02

Aaron Smothers
56 points

We have a hardware/software product that I am thinking of selling the distribution rights to. Firstly is this something that can be done and secondly does anyone have any advice on how this works...

Software Selling Distribution

asked Feb 1 '11 at 09:36

A Hunter
111 points

In general, being able to tweak your product to better suit customer needs is a good thing. The problem is, sometimes it's difficult to get input from customers that is actually useful in that...

Customers Product Management Physical Product

asked Feb 8 '11 at 05:57

Nick Pascucci
108 points

I would like to survey a community of prospects about a new service we are thinking of developing. A question I would really like answered is "How much would you be willing to pay?" The problem is...

Market Analysis Market Research Survey

asked Feb 8 '11 at 07:50

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

We are almost done with a new HRD&M web application for pre-selecting the best fit candidates for a given position. What we still need is some real-life test cases, design and content for...

Marketing Website Testing

asked Feb 1 '11 at 21:54

Muleskinner
18 points

Should you be incorporated before you launch your product? Some things associated with incorporation: Office address Phone Mailing Address Those three require a physical location? Is there a...

Incorporation

asked Feb 2 '11 at 03:14

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

I plan to develop an iPhone app with my friend. Each of us is specialized in different parts of the app. For example, I am responsible for interface design and server-side programming while my...

Revenue Iphone Apps Team Partnerships

asked Jan 26 '11 at 14:04

Killua
68 points

This may seem a little off topic and I apologize, but this is the closest SE site I can think to post on regarding my issue. I live in the state of Illinois. I have an app in the Apple iPhone...

Legal

asked Jan 26 '11 at 15:02

Maq
197 points

Ours is a B2B SaaS startup (LAMP stack). We are at a very early stage of the Startup. So, we don't need any dedicated hosting at this time. We have planned to use Amazon (not finalized though). In...

Blog B2B Saas Hosting

asked Jan 26 '11 at 15:39

Dhana
16 points

I assume that some people on here have defined terms and conditions on their websites. How did you come to define it? Did you hire a lawyer to help draft one up or go online and find a template...

Website Terms And Conditions

asked Feb 8 '11 at 12:51

John
161 points

I have finished developing my product. Website, domain is all setup. Billing system is in place. I have yet to incorporate. I am planning on incorporating by myself as the founder. Then I am...

Partnerships

asked Feb 2 '11 at 04:23

Kim Jong Woo
644 points