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Forming a US LLC and paying taxes while outside the US

I am currently a resident alien in Virginia. I have been in the US since November 2011 (never left) and I have a J-1 visa, which expires on February 2014. I am going to leave US and go back to my...

asked Apr 17 '13 at 07:39
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Tolgamorf
103 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
3.18K Views
Niche financial markets software product : How much equity in return for £100k?

Over the last two years or so I've been developing a software product in my spare time(I'm still currently consulting at an investment bank). It's fairly niche in that it's targeted only at banks...

asked Apr 17 '13 at 09:08
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John
21 points

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2 Answers
2.57K Views
Explaining my software license to customers/users

My software comes with the standard Apache 2.0 License which covers our bases pretty well while providing flexibility for us and our customers to use/modify the software to their needs. I have...

asked Apr 18 '13 at 01:34
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Snake Doc
179 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.76K Views
How do divide up equity if I'm providing the idea, mentoring and a smalll amount of funding

I have what I think is a really good idea for a product/business. I don't have time to develop it so I'm thinking of sharing the idea with some entrepreneurship students at a local university. I...

asked Apr 4 '13 at 13:09
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Clay Nichols
737 points

5 Votes
2 Answers
3.85K Views
Limiting liability of individual/small startup when selling software

If I make and sell some software (online if that matters), and say that software ends up causing some unexpected behavior (let's go extreme and say it deletes all data on the hard drive!). Am I...

asked Mar 22 '13 at 07:09
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Snake Doc
179 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
3.04K Views
Foreign LLC vs Domestic LLC - Wyoming & South Carolina

Please help. I'll make this as simple and concise as possible: I will be manufacturing my own parts, AT HOME, in South Carolina. I intend to sell the products exclusively online with an online...

asked Mar 23 '13 at 00:41
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George
21 points

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2.25K Views
How to simplify my quickbooks items list

I am using Quickbooks to handle invoicing, purchasing, sales, etc. and so, to facilitate all these processes, I have an 'Items' list; I know, pretty standard stuff, right? Well, here's my problem,...

asked Mar 23 '13 at 01:51
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Jvance
1 point

11 Votes
2 Answers
4.17K Views
B2B SAAS business. Enterprise customers keep asking to accept their terms agreements

My business is a B2B SaaS business that I've been running for the last two years. It is self-provisioning, self-service, subscription-based service charged to customers credit cards. Monthly...

asked Mar 23 '13 at 06:53
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Igorek
886 points

5 Votes
2 Answers
3K Views
Payment methods and conditions for fresh startup

I am an Interface designer and a startup asked me to work with them. As of now they are only two people and do not have a budget, so they would offer a share in the company. I would be fine in...

asked Mar 23 '13 at 15:36
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Lukas Oppermann
126 points

1 Votes
5 Answers
2.67K Views
how important is user interface for a web startup

I am writing a new website. The functionality works fine but the user-interface is decent but nothing catchy (as my design and css skills are poor) It is quite clear than even an average web...

asked Mar 23 '13 at 19:37
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Arahant
116 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
3.15K Views
How to convince my customers that my app is not a scam?

I wrote an app that works on an auction site by doing dynamic bidding on the user's behalf given his login details, i.e. manages his auctions for him automatically. The user not only gets better...

asked Mar 24 '13 at 21:07
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Siamii
195 points

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2 Answers
1.79K Views
Two Separate Solutions or One

I am looking to offer a software solution which can target public and private audiences. By public, I mean that it can used for personal use. By private, I mean that it can used by companies. There...

asked Mar 25 '13 at 00:59
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Jmogera
1 point

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.97K Views
Did I Make A Mistake On A 60-40 Deal?

I am a software engineer, blogger, marketer and upcoming entrepreneur. I just programmed an app to help corporate sites in marketing. I did all that alone, launched it and started getting clients....

asked Mar 25 '13 at 04:15
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Rasheeda
65 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.17K Views
Startup advice on business structure for an international call center

I'm Canadian and living in Canada and I have a professional friend who is American and living in the States. He and I want to start a call center. The operation will be centered around him for...

asked Mar 25 '13 at 04:43
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User25605
11 points

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1 Answers
1.67K Views
How to start a collaborative platform

I want to start a website, but its success depends on users. So how can I launch it, knowing that without content, there are no users, and without users, there is no content ?

asked Mar 25 '13 at 05:42
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Anas
99 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.14K Views
is it bad idea to starting up on your own?

(actually the title may be misleading, but couldn't find better one) I am planning for a start-up soon. I prefer to start it up all alone, but i have heard people saying start-up is a too-much an...

asked Mar 25 '13 at 16:12
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Ay89
113 points

6 Votes
4 Answers
2.86K Views
How to market mobile apps?

I've been a developer at startups before, but I've never been involved in marketing. I'm now trying to sell a few of my own mobile apps, and I'm hitting a brick wall. Two months ago I released an...

asked Mar 25 '13 at 16:56
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Gabe Sechan
131 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.36K Views
how secure is sharing business idea for investment

I've a simple idea which I believe will definitely yield good returns. Now how I can share such simple idea with multiple potential investors. I fear they may say no to me but implement my idea...

asked Mar 25 '13 at 23:13
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The Lucky Goof
113 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.22K Views
Equity in a business driven by software?

I am completely new to negotiating equity, and I don't know where I stand with regards to pushing back on potential offers of equity based on a new project. If anybody could give me their view on...

asked Mar 26 '13 at 01:00
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Dee Mac
123 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
2.73K Views
Entrepreneur In-Waiting, valuing a start up business

After Years of having great business ideas and insight into the betting industry I have decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and start up my own business E-Commerce Business. I have a number...

asked Mar 26 '13 at 01:22
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Peter S
6 points