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I am buying out my co-founder of our 3 year old company that we started as a hobby/second job. We are profitable (although you definitely couldn't live off the profits alone!). Anyway, we've...
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For those of you that sell a software package that is installed within an organization (web based or not) how do you handle support? Do you hire a few people to take calls, e-mails and handle the...
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I am an entrepreneur wannabe. I have an engineering background. I have very broad albeit shallow skill set in various areas (web, mobile, GIS, general programming, math etc.). And I have a...
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We're in the process of adding an "invite your friends" feature to our dating site, and I was wondering if anybody has any tips/past experience in the best way to utilize the invites. Here's what I...
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Got to know about this forum through Jason Cohen blog. I actually just sent a similar email to Jason as well. I have a bit of an issue that is proving to be very challenging and I thought of...
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What exactly do these startup mentors mean when they say 'Tell a good story'?
I just recently launched a daily deals website but my target products are high value products such as Laptops and smartphones. Now i'm working with retailers but the challenge is setting the...
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Believe the question explains itself, but if you have questions, just let me know.
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In our local area there are certain products that are sold at a much higher premium by large big brand retail stores and they move a lot of this product. There are smaller established stores who...
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I'm looking for a legitimate/affordable/responsive company to order some promo pens from (with our logo etc). I've found http://www.pens.com/pens/ via Google, they look legit, but I thought I'd...
I'm currently researching how to go about creating a US subsidiary of a UK company. One of the people involved in the business wondered if it would be possible to use an LLP to do business in the...
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When it comes to raising money for a startup, every one talks about trying the 3F's first, friends, family and fools. But it seems like this is not really an option when you consider that they are...
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A friend and I want to start a consulting business. We can do data analysis. We both have Masters degrees and several years' work experience in research environments. Our basic skills are...
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I am interested in purchasing a good domain name that is currently being offered at $7K. Can anyone provide me any guidance on how to negotiate these deals and things to consider, lookout for, in...
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I have seen that working in a fledgling software services firm as a programmer entails a lot (in fact, all) of the time being spent working on meeting client specs and requirements on their...
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Our idea mixes social with ecommerce, and we work with retailers to introduce social throughout the buying process. However, we're not seeing adoption because -- and we guess -- people just don't...
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If I start a S or C Corp what benefit packages can I offer potential employees and how would I ramp them in? I don't have the cash to give them a salary so I need an official way to give them X...
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I have recently put up a site for my small internet marketing consultancy and would like to add some badges that indicate its a trustworthy site. I know there is the Verisign seal of trust, and I...
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I am working on the project which is in its pre beta stage. This is a web based service that allows to distribute some content in a printed format. I got several offers from investors and printing...
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I've been looking into incorporating with a partner, and we're both in different states, and obviously looking over Delaware's incorporation laws. With incorporation, each state says that you need...
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