Questions

I thought the answer to this would be easy as I went online and looked them up, but apparently the fiscal calendar used changes based on which industry is using them. How do I find out the correct...

Calculation

asked Mar 26 '13 at 03:26

Leeand00
108 points

My friend and I are currently developing a marketplace for virtual assets. However we are not quite sure how we should set the company up. Do we need only a DBA, or should we go with the LLC route...

LLC Business USA DBA

asked Mar 26 '13 at 05:47

Sharkman
6 points

I am unable to decide how much should I get by reading the meta thread about equity hence I am asking it here. I got offer as a technical partner in one web based start-up from two business guys...

Equity Salary

asked Mar 26 '13 at 19:08

Abhijit Navale
245 points

This question is about how does an owner of company who own n% equity of company as a technical co founder makes real world cash. This is not about regular share holder who buys share to make...

Equity Income

asked Mar 26 '13 at 19:31

Abhijit Navale
245 points

I will be joining a new start-up as a technical partner. Other two partners are business administration role. I will be the one who will program everything from scratch and build the new web based...

Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Mar 26 '13 at 20:14

Abhijit Navale
245 points

My MVP is ready to go (it's been 3 weeks actually). All this time I've been loosing sleep trying to decide if I should start looking for and organizing early adopters, or organizing a business plan...

Venture Capital Angel MVP

asked Mar 27 '13 at 01:16

South
176 points

I would like to end my parternship (50-50 ownership split) but continue to own and operate our Company. My partner has loaned (formally, in our operating contract) the Company $10k. Along the way,...

Partnership Dissolution

asked Mar 27 '13 at 11:01

Sarha
11 points

I have a small boring (Boring in a way that it's not an innovation or anything, but it's still exciting to me of course) idea. So, what I want to do is to create a "Experience gifts shop". So,...

Getting Started Ecommerce

asked Mar 28 '13 at 09:55

User194076
157 points

I filed 2 83(b) forms and am thinking that I may need to mail an additional copy of each one to the IRS to ensure that they're received and processed correctly: (1) I mailed one that was to go...

IRS

asked Mar 28 '13 at 19:23

User6492
1,747 points

I'd like to work with a freelancer who is based overseas however he does not have an offical company and only a personal bank account. If he invoices me is it acceptable to pay in to his personal...

Virtual Workforce Overseas Invoice

asked Mar 28 '13 at 19:29

Kris
121 points

I've found a great partner for my second tech startup, and want to structure this one better than the first, which made money but eventually got ugly due to poor choices my younger self made along...

Equity Tax Partnerships Stocks

asked Mar 29 '13 at 02:45

Smarterthistime
31 points

I work as a remote developer for a small product development company. I always try to write code that is easily understandable, easy to manage, reuse and low on defects. I am quite a good tester as...

Getting Started Development

asked Mar 29 '13 at 07:11

Aseem Gautam
331 points

I've been working on a project with three other people: one is a developer, one is a manager type, and one is a sales type. I'm a developer. The two developers were invited into the project by the...

Equity Revenue Shares

asked Mar 29 '13 at 13:28

Brannon
146 points

I am the founding President/CEO of a SaaS startup. I am the majority owner of the co with 60% of initial shares. I am a small biz guy who has worked with one other startup. I don't have a ton of...

Equity

asked Mar 29 '13 at 13:50

Tj Sherrill
129 points

I am a contractor. The company that I am working needs me go to China for a week to 10 days. Currently, I only get hourly paid and have 40 hours per week. My question is that whether I will get...

Travel

asked Mar 29 '13 at 14:25

Marco
130 points

I have a start-up company and currently working and promoting one website. Should I use the logo of the website or the logo of the company on my business card when I approach corporate clients to...

Marketing Branding

asked Mar 29 '13 at 15:53

Zen
8 points

I am starting a website consisting of info of local shops. now I am in a dilemma over the vendor sign-up process, I want to know should I do it one of the following ways - just ask for contact...

Ecommerce Website Web Design

asked Mar 29 '13 at 20:46

Stanford Sequeira
42 points

Being in the Internet age and all, and only buying and delivering services through the Internet: Should I create a company local to where I live or in some offshore business friendly...

California USA Offshore

asked Mar 30 '13 at 01:44

Xyz
1 point

what are main arguments to negotiate shares vs investment? I want to be prepared when the time comes and I don't want to figure out in the moment about the negotiation about shares split and how...

Venture Capital Angel Investment Shares

asked Mar 30 '13 at 04:00

South
176 points

We are working at our MVP (we can develop app, server & graphic ). We got a business model but no business plan because we don't have a marketing specialist. There's one incubator program...

Getting Started Incubators Investors

asked Mar 30 '13 at 10:27

Leonardo
16 points