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I'm on H1B visa. Is it legal to register a LLC or corporation?
This is a question about private, VC-funded, growth stage companies. It seems to be a new trend to allow early employees to sell some of their shares when the company does a new funding round. For...
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Is there a comprehensive business database out there that takes variables for sorting? For example, if I wanted to say something like, "Show me all businesses with more than 50 employees within a...
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As far as I know YCombinator usually gives an average of 17k to participants, but do you get more funding rounds through YCombinator or you have to look for VCs yourself after?
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I am looking to finally start an online food ordering service and was wondering what the legalities of the setup were. I would have an online ordering system for fast food shops. So customers can...
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For instance, if someone sues me because they do not like the product offered or if someone else sues me because of a contract violation. How much is the owners responsible for (in this case me)...
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I'm an Android developer, but this question is pretty much the same for an iPhone dev. I'm based in the USA, and I'm looking for any tips regarding taxes for app sales. Since apps sell in over...
I am making a new site, and I need some investors for it. The work is quite done, but I am unable to find people who would like to invest in the site. How and where can I find...
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I find the topic of outsourcing incredibly interesting, and I propose the question: Is Outsourcing Evil? A recent blog post at onstartups got me going about even more about it. Up until this week...
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Are there any resources you guys can help me find to patent a process for a web app I have developed. Or give any advice or steps to get the process started. Thanks so much everyone.
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If someone approaches you expressing interest in having you perform web-development work, what questions should be asked? Assume you know only the bare-minimum : he/she wants you to develop a...
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My partners and I are thinking of opening a nightclub in a newly growing community where everything basically close down at 8:00 p.m., How would I prepare a marketing & feasibility study to...
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I'm an Android developer that has made money over some of the apps I've created in the past year. I have no corporate filing so I am currently considered a sole proprietor in the state of Florida....
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Should I provide a EULA for an iPhone app? I understand that apps are covered by the default EULA that the App Store provides but, during some research today, three apps in a row asked me to agree...
I am looking for a low cost, low volume, and very simple to setup/use ecommerce solution for a friend to sell home made goods (e.g. photo boards and knitted scarfs). There is likely to be little...
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In my earlier venture attempts, the scenario was something like 3 guys, each of whom would get 33.3%. I found out soon that this was silly because as soon as one of us lost interest, he could do...
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I am in the process of determining the pricing details for a subscription service (I have the standard, premium and plus accounts) and I'd like to create a spreadsheet of what expenses are involved...
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I'm starting out building my business and plan on only ever having one product. I'm wanting input on the branding of my business and of my product. I see two ways forward. One I brand my business...
Can someone please recommend a good firm or contractor for writing and maintaining an online product manual in English?
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This is a video of the google goggles app which does a good job of explaining what the current state of the art in visual search can do. its also being applied to searching patents, product...
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