Questions

I would like to sell desktop software online, but I have very limited resources and can't always give 100% support to the customers. I am worried about how customers might react to poor support...

Software Customer Support Selling

asked Nov 2 '13 at 04:07

Rambodash
21 points

Can I give someone stake/equity/shares or similar for a project in the company without giving that person any equity in the company? If not, has anyone found ways to accomplish something...

Equity USA Project Shares Florida

asked Nov 2 '13 at 08:32

Javier Figueroa
106 points

I have designed an insurance software. QFD - Smart Design is an Insurance Accelerator which is designed to assist insurance companies with sales and the up-selling of their product lines. I hide...

Sales Strategy

asked Nov 5 '13 at 05:37

Michel Sabourin
6 points

We are in our first round of startup fundraising. We need $50,000 for business growth and we currently have one investor who is interested in investing $25,000 for 5%. He is concerned with his 5%...

Ideas Investors Dilution

asked Nov 5 '13 at 08:36

Ramsey B.
11 points

I'm evaluating whether structuring my small cafe business as a company or a LLP would be better. I will be the manager of the business, running it on a day to day basis and I will have 1 or 2...

Partnerships Singapore

asked Nov 5 '13 at 14:12

Anonymous
11 points

My friend and I are working on a product - "Data centric configuration" approach to build business applications. The product is ready and we have a pilot customer as well. From our analysis we...

Products Customer Feedback

asked Nov 5 '13 at 16:05

User2551407
6 points

i have built a easy to use visual a/b testing tool for websites and i am planning to offer it for free since i dont have the resources to market it. So my question is even if i offer it for free is...

Saas

asked Nov 5 '13 at 21:05

Max
13 points

I can't seem to find straight answers in my Google searches (perhaps I'm not searching for the correct keywords?) and need some guidance. What are the values in a standard e-commerce system and how...

Ecommerce Metrics Revenue

asked Nov 6 '13 at 05:45

Cillosis
178 points

I've independently created a database that's caught on quite well - currently being used by 21 non-profits in Massachusetts. A larger software development firm has taken note of this and is...

Partnerships

asked Nov 6 '13 at 06:39

Rgbflawed
1 point

Background So, you may have heard of the "Net Promoter Score" which is trademarked term and is a metric for customer satisfaction and loyalty. Basically, there is a formula for calculating the...

Legal Trademark Web App

asked Nov 6 '13 at 09:28

Kristian
141 points

We are stuck on which is the most appropriate pricing strategy for our Saas marketplace web application. We have consumers who post details of their problem x and service providers y who propose...

Pricing Saas Marketplace

asked Nov 6 '13 at 09:32

Chuck
113 points

We have a free B2B Saas offering - we are young company and still getting established and we get asked questions on a daily basis about security. The questions we get asked almost daily are things...

Saas Security

asked Nov 6 '13 at 21:44

Bhttoan
735 points

I'm afraid, with what I want to supply being in the fresh food realm that retail outlets may quickly create their own version of my product to cut me out of the equation. Because it's in the...

Competition Retail

asked Oct 22 '13 at 04:40

Warren Van Rooyen
34 points

I'm looking to hire a full time programmer in India. Of course he would need to pay tax in India. But would I also need to pay tax in USA? If I've got an LLC taxed as an S-Corp in California?

India LLC Tax USA Developers

asked Oct 22 '13 at 12:19

Ron
21 points

I got asked this question at a local venture conference recently when pitching our product. I've heard this question a handful of times and I really would like to get some honest feedback on the...

Getting Started Marketing Software Legal Intellectual Property

asked Oct 1 '13 at 12:19

George Mc Dowd
109 points

Our business Greatly simplified: We provide data obtained from localized hardware via sensors (mostly cameras) and make it available on the Internet via an API. Having a good UI for the data is...

Software Contests Outsourcing Business Plan Hardware

asked Oct 1 '13 at 20:53

Feklee
148 points

One of my partners, in an online service startup, is going to put the software design as his investment and share on equity. The rest of us are putting in time and money. But now came up a...

Equity Startup Costs Cost Investment

asked Oct 4 '13 at 00:31

Christian Rojas Alves
8 points

We have an online service for creating and sharing work instructions. After a private demo of the software, companies usually go for a free 30-day trial. In our software, we define an administrator...

Saas Terms And Conditions

asked Oct 4 '13 at 00:43

Daniel Frechette
16 points

Can someone explain the meaning of an "uncapped convertible note with an MFN clause"?

Investment

asked Oct 5 '13 at 06:32

Asker
19 points

Car / Lift / Ride Sharing websites are all over the net these days, and they all seem to be offering free registration, free searching, and free information on those offering rides. (e.g. BlaBlaCar...

Business Model Business

asked Oct 5 '13 at 06:48

Ciwan
103 points