Questions

I'm organizing a hackathon this summer and my team and I have had a lot of fun bootstrapping the whole process. In fact, we enjoyed it so much that we tossed around the idea of making the...

Non Profit Canada Organization Registration

asked Jul 19 '13 at 08:01

Max Mackie
166 points

A programmer friend is building a very simple subscription as a service tool for me. He's calling it an "easy" job (2-3 months build time), and has agreed to work for a % of cash flow (profit)...

Development Equity Partnerships Profitability Profit Sharing

asked Jul 19 '13 at 16:57

User27061
6 points

I have a prototype - educational web service and I just want to get some real users - would they use it, their feedback and so on. And I just don't know, where I can get them. At the moment site...

Getting Started Marketing Finance

asked Jul 19 '13 at 20:04

Joe Half Face
188 points

I am planning to start a branch of my friend's e-commerce website (based in India). I am a USA green card holder, and I want to open a branch in Chicago so that I can trade all across the US. Can...

Ecommerce License Startup Costs Website USA

asked Jul 20 '13 at 09:32

Speedy
1 point

My business partner and I are looking for a second opinion on this. The story goes that we're looking for employees, so we offered someone a finder's fee to get a developer for us. She found...

Employees Fees

asked Jul 20 '13 at 11:10

Boztalay
106 points

I am an online software developer who does freelancing through an online portal. I started this last year but achieved success only this year. I found a very good client who said he has a job chain...

Outsourcing Payments Code Clients

asked Jul 21 '13 at 03:22

Super Nova
138 points

I am interested in joining a very early formation phase startup and would like to get some idea as to what to expect. The startup will consist of 4-5 people all on the marketing and PR side. They...

Equity

asked Jul 21 '13 at 04:46

Guest User
21 points

I have a store within a computer sales center and because of some problems it has been empty until now. The problems are now solved, and I want to open it and use it as a place to do programming. I...

Development

asked Jul 21 '13 at 20:36

Arash Ata Afarin
99 points

I would like to create some infographics to publish them on Pinterest, twitter and the blog on my website. As my infographic will contain some public available financial data about companies listed...

Getting Started Blog Finance Legal Liability

asked Jul 21 '13 at 21:52

Alex R
99 points

Our company is a US based software start-up. We have 3-4 contractors in India (Indian citizens, never worked in US) and we pay them directly. We are considering issuing stock options to them. I...

Foreign Stock Options Overseas

asked Jul 23 '13 at 03:38

User27108
6 points

I am looking for a technical co-founder to join myself and the other founder in the development of some software for a start-up with with a great market. The problem is I'm 16. We both have some...

Software Co-Founder Development

asked Jul 6 '13 at 00:09

Jason
41 points

I have a site I am launching within the next couple of weeks. The site will be providing a service to connect people locally within there region (city,state etc..). The question is, should I...

Software Online Service

asked Jul 6 '13 at 00:12

Justin
50 points

Since I am on H1 visa and I am not supposed to work/ contribute directly to my own company, what would be the best way to manage company proceedings. If I plan to hire a manager, who would get...

Getting Started USA

asked Jul 6 '13 at 04:22

User596374
116 points

We're in the process of hiring our first employee and trying to figure out logistics given that we're making the employment offer in parallel with our seed funding. All of our current funding up to...

Hiring Equity Venture Capital Stock Options Convertible Note

asked Jul 6 '13 at 11:07

User26911
6 points

I have been working on my internet startup and need a tech co-founder to help me get the project actually going. I am finding it extremely hard to find a co-founder with programming...

Co-Founder Technical Internet College

asked Jul 7 '13 at 05:49

Dillon Carter
14 points

I recently left a position at a firm where I was the only project manager,(small business) because I knew the owner was looking to retire soon, and I never felt I was recognized for all my efforts....

Job Offer Jobs Opportunity

asked Jul 7 '13 at 06:44

User26917
16 points

I am currently involved in a Canadian tech startup, and as I am about to enter equity negotiations, I would like to clarify the ownership and copyright of the code base, to better understand the...

Co-Founder Technology Equity Canada Copyright

asked Jul 8 '13 at 08:55

Chris
6 points

Have many startups received unsolicited requests from people to serve as advisory board members? Are those types of unsolicited requests usually accepted, as long as the person who wants to be an...

Advisors

asked Jul 8 '13 at 09:07

User6492
1,747 points

My dad has a business idea. Being much older than me, and having previously worked in software companies for decades, my dad is more experienced in business than I am - although he has never ran or...

Getting Started Co-Founder

asked Jul 8 '13 at 16:56

Kevin
31 points

I am stuck between a few choices for my turnkey Project management system: a library that uses GPL and an inferior library that is under MIT license. I am wondering if I don't distribute the...

Software Licensing

asked Jul 10 '13 at 18:54

Somesh Mukherjee
149 points