Questions

I have noticed that for the past few months, I have been wasting a lot of time on needless things. How do you keep yourself focused in your business?

Time Management Business

asked Dec 11 '10 at 09:55

Frank
2,079 points

So how typically does financing work. Are investors basically giving me a loan that I have to pay back? Are they buying equity (so that upon business failure, nobody owes anybody anything)? Are...

Equity Investors Loan

asked Dec 6 '10 at 09:03

John Berryman
388 points

I am working on a project which just finished its prototype, and will start internal testing soon. There are 3 of members in my team, and we are considering of start trying AI or participating...

Funding Incorporation Incubators

asked Dec 6 '10 at 13:03

D.J
121 points

From what I have read on here it seems that there are mixed reviews on whether or not to use keywords in your name, such as software or games, since a Google search on your name with a popular...

Naming Domain

asked Dec 11 '10 at 16:46

Captain Phil
6 points

I'm running a dating site and as the volume of emails is growing dramatically, I want to be 200% sure that I am can-spam compliant. Here is the types of emails that I send and how I classify them...

Marketing Email

asked Dec 6 '10 at 21:31

Sherif Buzz
462 points

We're preparing a pitch deck for our startup which looks to partly make money from downloadable content. We'd like to add a subscription model for the content, and we are looking for examples of...

Subscriptions Pitch Business Model

asked Dec 7 '10 at 01:50

B20000
126 points

I have a lot of project ideas (like many of you) but I have some issues. There seems to be no easy way to find existing project online or to ask people what they think of an idea. I'm looking for a...

Getting Started Ideas Social Network Project

asked Dec 12 '10 at 05:23

Mig
6 points

If I am running a SAAS businss and my users are paying me e.g. 10$ per month is there a sales tax liability on it? Who pays that tax and what are the different things to consider. Does it matter...

Tax Saas

asked Dec 12 '10 at 11:19

Jewelthief
151 points

I'm very excited to see this beta version of the stackexchange platform! I just had a question I'm sure you guys can answer : I'd like to invest a percentage of my money every month in startup...

Investment

asked Dec 7 '10 at 08:37

Julien
138 points

How would you receive and what kind of association would come up in your mind about these two names? Is there any possiblity of a trademark violation? Like the book word in the facebook...

Naming Trademark

asked Dec 12 '10 at 17:58

Keyne On
108 points

Basically we went down to freemium path quite a while ago, now got thousands of users who don't convert and free version cannibalizes sales (there is no exact way to figure out numbers on this one...

Freemium Conversion

asked Dec 7 '10 at 09:23

The Dictator
2,305 points

We are selling software licenses and would like to allow our customers to login to our server with a username and password, and download their license keys, installers etc. Are there any PHP/MySQ...

CRM

asked Dec 12 '10 at 22:45

Paul
140 points

I have (yet another) concept for social media (don't worry, it's cooler than all the other ones). And I am looking for ideas about where to deploy it first. The market group is 18-35 yr olds who...

Networking Social Media Social Network

asked Dec 13 '10 at 07:04

John Berryman
388 points

Cost of streaming video is just so subjective of how much time a particular video gets seen by individuals, because that would impact I/O cost. Whats the best way to project costs in this...

Forecast Video Costs

asked Dec 13 '10 at 13:21

Jewelthief
151 points

What major in an American university teaches you exactly how to make money?

Entrepreneurs Education

asked Dec 7 '10 at 19:30

Steven
1 point

Are there any good reference points about trial-to-paid conversion in SAAS world? What factors impact this ratio. I am looking at streaming rich media for B2C.

Saas Conversion

asked Dec 13 '10 at 13:52

Jewelthief
151 points

I built a web site, that people can reserve sport fields. I talked to sport facilities and told them that, they can sell their unreserved hours through this web site. Most of them accepted to join...

Chicken And Egg

asked Dec 7 '10 at 20:47

Skuzey
6 points

I am writing to describe my entrepreneurial venture and seek your comments on what I should expect for myself as the new company gets started. My colleague of many years at my previous company (a...

Co-Founder Equity Compensation

asked Dec 8 '10 at 00:51

Aaron Smothers
56 points

I'm trying to put together a pitch, and am looking for ideas on where/how to best practice giving it, before it's polished enough to show to potential investors.

Pitch Selling

asked Dec 13 '10 at 19:06

Blueberryfields
426 points

I've just begun the process of incorporation but would like to secure a domain name. How does this work? Do I need to purchase the domain name underneath the incorporation? Or can I purchase now...

Incorporation Domain

asked Dec 8 '10 at 03:56

Ryan
162 points