Questions

I'm a foreign national, and resident in a different foreign country. I have no ties to USA, and no intention to hire any employees there. Can I still register a company (e.g. C Corp)? If it is...

LLC Incorporation Registration

asked Aug 14 '13 at 12:26

Steve
310 points

Classic Chicken or Egg Dilemma: I need to raise funds to build the system I have designed. I need the system built to generate revenue from my customer. I need to be generating revenue to raise...

Getting Started Funding Business Model Developers

asked Aug 14 '13 at 14:36

W00dc4ip
18 points

Here is my dilemma. I have a company with a great reputation for specific dev work. This work is pretty much done by me, understood by me, and relies heavily on my skills and experience. We do...

Growth

asked Aug 15 '13 at 01:25

Daniel Williams
128 points

First, I understand this question has been asked several times but I believe this case is a little bit different. Myself and a group of people recently competed in a Startup Weekend event (54...

Equity

asked Aug 15 '13 at 03:53

Ri89
11 points

My friend has been working in the Semi conductor chip testing business as a contractor for some time now. A thought came to me and I asked him if it was possible that we could mimic the way he is...

Incorporation

asked Aug 15 '13 at 23:38

User27444
6 points

Out of a 40-hour work week, how many hours of actual productive work is reasonable for me to expect from a salaried web developer? (low-high range?) In our case, productive work means billable work...

Employees Salary Budget

asked Aug 16 '13 at 01:45

Contrazoom
186 points

Background: I am the CTO, co-founder and sole inventor of a very promising technology company (<25 people) and are sitting on a multi-billion $ opportunity, seriously!) . I now have a minority...

Co-Founder Intellectual Property Exit

asked Aug 16 '13 at 04:32

Gupshup
52 points

I've been teaching on the side as a technical expert throughout industry for the last several years, while maintaining a full time job. I have an established an LLC for this side business. Now, I...

LLC Consulting Founders

asked Aug 16 '13 at 10:10

User27452
11 points

I was wondering if it is legal to offer a free software with limitations, then offer to give different license keys for donations. In this case, it is a software for file uploads to different...

Software License Payments Donations

asked Aug 16 '13 at 21:24

Sarah Crane
1 point

I have been approached by a company called "Cavendish Management Resources" (http://www.cmrworld.com/ ) - They say they are interested in putting my business idea forwards to their investors, which...

Investors

asked Aug 16 '13 at 23:45

Darkcat Studios
190 points

When two or more people are evaluating a business model, they may desire to have a MOU (memorandum of understanding) to document their expectations about how they will share responsibilities and...

Getting Started Incorporation Partnership Documentation Best Practices

asked Aug 17 '13 at 00:09

New Alexandria
221 points

I have an app idea that I believe has a real potential. Since I am going to bootstrap it, I want to only invest in development + marketing after idea validation. Following is my plan for...

Ideas Validation Landing Page

asked Aug 17 '13 at 16:53

Ali
179 points

I imagine this is a very tricky question but hopefully I can get a few insights here. I am currently wrapping up a personal project (SaaS) that is aimed at a fairly new niche market. There is a...

Competition Revenue Fundraising

asked Aug 17 '13 at 17:30

Silk Admin
106 points

Over the past few years I have gained a strong interest in Web Development and I finally decided it was time to take it to the next level... Start selling my services as a Web Developer. I am more...

Advertising Business Plan Web Design Promotion

asked Aug 18 '13 at 01:57

Skovy
51 points

Scenario: a start-up, post-seed that still has quite a lot of the seed capital in the bank. Investors have lost faith in the start-up's potential, but the co-founders want to keep at it. The...

Investors

asked Aug 18 '13 at 20:03

Sorest Rump
16 points

I have software developed for which I own all IP rights. I have an offer to start a new co (UK Based) with a few others. The new co will be equal shareholding and I have agreed to bring the...

Intellectual Property

asked Aug 19 '13 at 05:09

Steve N
73 points

I am a cofounder with shares that have voting rights. We have 3 founders - One with majority shares (a little more than the other two combined). I come from tech background while other 2 founders...

Board Co-Founder Equity Compensation

asked Aug 19 '13 at 05:48

Santu
156 points

I have been trying to start my own tech startup for a year and half. During this time i built significant IP and invested my time and effort. I have a database of users and mailing list. I have...

Co-Founder Equity Vesting

asked Aug 19 '13 at 13:48

Kris
1 point

OK Here is the situation: I am looking for investors, and have a group interested in my idea, so they have asked to see my business plan. I have nearly completed my business plan, but want to be...

Investors Profitability

asked Aug 19 '13 at 19:05

Darkcat Studios
190 points

I am a Fashion design graduate and I have been fortunate to work with a renowned designer who shows in Paris Fashion Week.. I have three years experience after my graduation. I specialise in a...

Business Plan

asked Aug 19 '13 at 20:19

Chaythra
16 points