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Having been involved in startups that failed, startups that turned into profitable but un-traded companies and startups that straight-out conned employees out of their share - I tend to regard them...

Hiring Equity

asked Jan 14 '13 at 10:37

Mgb
101 points

I have always been curious to know what a company gets in return for investing in a startup company that makes a healthy profit while continuing to grow. For example: Accel partners invested 12...

Getting Started Software Web Corporate Sponsorship Sponsorship

asked Jan 16 '13 at 00:34

Geddon
20 points

I am not receiving tax form (1099K) from Paypal because I didn't generate 20,000 of sales. This means that Paypal did not report those yearnings to IRS. Does that mean that I shouldn't count those...

Tax

asked Jan 26 '13 at 02:55

Dev.E.Loper
113 points

I'm technical guy trying to do sales as well.. Some prospects communicate well, I know what to expect. Some acting strange. Usually when they send request via web I reply with small intro asking...

Sales Prospects

asked Jan 26 '13 at 03:30

Katit
276 points

I wish that my equity situation for my new company were easy; unfortunately it's not - so I'd love feedback and thoughts. I met with a well connected business person (we'll call him Karl), and he...

Equity Part Time Founders Fulltime

asked Jan 14 '13 at 11:32

User22529
6 points

I am currently trying to create from scratch a new business. Is a high cost start business and I dont have the necessary funds, only the information of how to do it, that means from the customers...

Business Plan Business Investors

asked Jan 16 '13 at 02:52

Voislav Sauca
83 points

I'm building a prototype for a web/mobile application. The goal is to collect user generated content, let user rate it while at the same time being entertained and do something interesting with it....

Software Legal Intellectual Property

asked Jan 26 '13 at 07:07

Pvoosten
106 points

I am currently apart of a very small startup. I love the idea and believe that it could be very big one day. I was hired by a guy with the idea, but the idea was still very basic, and 1...

Equity Stock Options Developers

asked Jan 16 '13 at 09:36

User23559
11 points

In the words of Scott Burnham, in 14 ways to get hacked, rule number 7. 'Release your work half done', I have a project that requires the 'iron to be struck whilst its hot' so to speak, but I don't...

Open Source

asked Jan 26 '13 at 23:03

Andrew Welch
167 points

I've been working on my startup for about 3 months now. Currently we have two active team members: a backend developer and a frontend developer (myself). Now we're looking to get investments so...

Funding Investment Investors

asked Jan 27 '13 at 03:41

Michelle
168 points

I have received a offer from a local start-up and was presented an offer. I spent the last few days reading on this board looking for insight into the start-up financing world. The team is three...

Equity Job Offer

asked Jan 27 '13 at 05:53

Jk Hancock
21 points

Angels and VCs in India seem to be living in a "third world" in terms of their risk appetite and appreciation of a new concept or idea. A major part of funding to startups in India goes to...

Venture Capital Angel Investors

asked Jan 27 '13 at 07:31

Ikartik90
108 points

We are moving our company to Scotland in a few months. We wanted to open a business bank account in advance without using an agent. We tried RBS, but to no avail. How can we open a business bank...

Foreign UK Bank Bank Account

asked Jan 16 '13 at 23:48

Kraken
16 points

I'm in a same situtation, maybe worse as this guy: Developer, offered share in small startup company in return for large rate reduction - advice needed Two friends had an idea, they were kinda...

Equity Shares

asked Jan 17 '13 at 00:02

User78635
6 points

We have founding partners who work for our start-up company full-time. We are now having a first external equity investor coming in. We have enough financing to last about one year at which time we...

Founder Investors

asked Jan 17 '13 at 05:21

User23570
6 points

Just today I started to get interested in this field and I've started with Getting Real. I kept seeing answers here that recommend it and it also seems trustworthy. However, one thing I don't get...

Getting Started Software Books

asked Jan 28 '13 at 00:48

Ken
143 points

We're building an awesome platform and we need to get beta users. I'm offering exclusive invites on craigslist, stumbleupon, and a few forums and it's not getting me much. We're just trying to...

Beta Internet Marketing

asked Jan 17 '13 at 07:19

Anthony B
41 points

My product is in development. By Feb 5th a beta should be released. For the mean time aside from getting traffic to prelaunch what else should I do ? I am the nontech founder. So Far I have...

Getting Started Advisors Venture Capital Angel

asked Jan 28 '13 at 06:22

Ted
1 point

We are in a pretty early stage. We have a beta of our web app ready, some user testing finished, and we're just about to do a launch. At this point we have two options: Add more features to the...

Web Product Launch Mobile

asked Jan 17 '13 at 08:23

Stpn
123 points

I signed an NDA agreement with a company (an on campus entity in Canada) that is very vague, contains errors and there is a multitude of issues surrounding it. Its from legal zoom. 1: After my...

Legal NDA

asked Jan 28 '13 at 09:12

User1550052
6 points