Questions

I run a business where sells certain ebooks and pdfs online. I want to form an official business entity just to be able to operate under that name, protect myself from liability as well as get any...

LLC Business Sole Proprietorship S Corp

asked Dec 30 '12 at 14:47

Clifgray
200 points

In planning to build an mobile-app based startup, how good and effective is a business model that depends on other products? Or would a rather better business model be where the app by itself is a...

Legal Business Model Business Mobile Apps Entrepreneurship

asked Dec 30 '12 at 18:24

Quik Tester
6 points

I am launching a website. It will compete with one other website. The service will be identical for the most part, except my website will be superior in usability and I will also provide some extra...

Charging

asked Dec 30 '12 at 22:28

Arramack
36 points

Best practices of managing follow up calls in cold calling? Actually, I am searching for the best protocols in managing follow up calls.

Marketing Sales Management Project Management Time Management

asked Dec 31 '12 at 05:58

Anilkumble789
9 points

I'm currently managing 5 member (whom are also my friends) software development team for my startup and instead of looking for an angel investor I decided to finance my own product by my own. And...

Management Project Management Time Management Team Project Planning

asked Dec 31 '12 at 09:06

Timur Aykut Y?Ld?R?M
121 points

What is a roll-out plan? I tried searching on Google, but without much success. I found http://www.project-open.org/en/tutorial_rollout_plan, but I still don't understand what a roll-out plan is...

Definitions Business Plan

asked Dec 31 '12 at 22:42

Sorin Trimbitas
128 points

I recently spoke to the Director of Sales of a new, successful CRM software. He said a key part of their marketing is PR and getting the media to talk about them. We're building a software for...

Marketing Software Inbound Marketing PR Small Business

asked Jan 1 '13 at 05:50

Sguptaet
242 points

In the UK, are there any obligations (legal or otherwise) for someone with 'Director' in their job title to also be an officer of the company (i.e. registered as a director at Companies...

UK Legal Titles

asked Jan 1 '13 at 20:39

Harunahi
148 points

We just got filed as an official LLC in CT and were wondering how we get our Tax ID number(EIN). We would like to open a bank account for the company and assume we need that to open one.

LLC Tax USA EIN

asked Jan 2 '13 at 06:40

Matt Clark
135 points

I have a commercial software product that will be launching soon. It has a very similar name to a piece of open source software in a non-English speaking country. The only difference is a...

Marketing Software Products Product Launch Name

asked Jan 2 '13 at 08:38

Firstresponder
113 points

This is two questions in one, but they're so closely related that they ought to be addressed together. A. If I were founding a non-technological start up -- say a financial services group -- how...

Technology IT Technical

asked Jan 2 '13 at 08:47

Aerovistae
115 points

I have a gaming website that is making me around 3000 Euros monthly. I see great potential to expand this website but it's not a 1 person job and I need to hire a programmer to help me speed up the...

Getting Started Outsourcing Hire

asked Jan 3 '13 at 00:32

Sina Balochi
56 points

The owner has an online business which brings in a high $xx,xxx in profits (nearing 6 figures) with minimal costs (hosting, etc). Owner is looking to start fresh with an LLC setup and a partnership...

Equity Negotiation Partnership

asked Jan 3 '13 at 17:49

Elliott
11 points

I have a product designed for mobile browsers. When I promote the site to my target audience, I find that they understand the term "app", but terms like "website" or "web application" do not...

Marketing Saas Promotion

asked Jan 4 '13 at 01:32

Ray023
198 points

I am considering starting a Tech focused startup. I am married to a German and currently live in Germany but I am a US citizen. I am wondering where is the best place to register a new company, if...

Tax Business Plan

asked Jan 4 '13 at 07:13

Motleydev
8 points

Our startup currently has 5 founders, we're still in the process of seeking seed funding but we have all been working for sweat equity for the past 12 months, some founders have worked longer for...

Equity

asked Jan 4 '13 at 08:29

Tom Paris
11 points

We have a physical product, with proprietary IP. My partner and I own 98.25% combined. We issued 1.75% ownership to a designer who wanted equity versus working "freelance". The designer owns his...

Co-Founder Equity Pay

asked Jan 4 '13 at 10:47

User22379
6 points

Background I am a developer by day, working on some of my own side projects at night. I have been approached recently by an acquintance who makes his living as a business analyst. He has a decent...

Founders

asked Jan 5 '13 at 01:36

Mr Fox
158 points

I'm mulling over a business idea, and the part of it that I can't wrap my brain around is the payment processing part of it. Here's a simple example, not really my idea, but an easier example: I...

Ecommerce Payment Gateway

asked Jan 5 '13 at 07:20

J.V.
3 points

Reading Lean Startup makes me keen to test the waters and try out some ideas to see if they might eventually become a business. This might involve projects in very different areas with different...

Lean

asked Jan 5 '13 at 07:30

Dave R
101 points