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1 Votes
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Consulting firms. Do they target only one industry?

I have came across some links after a Google search on the top consulting firms around the world. For example in this link http://www.stormscape.com/inspiration/website-lists/consulting-firms/ My...

asked Nov 4 '12 at 11:57
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Nikolai
125 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.5K Views
Use a law firm to form c corp

Is it necessary to use a law firm to form a Delaware c corp with only 1 owner/shareholder? Can I just do that myself? even though I live in a different state?

asked Nov 4 '12 at 10:07
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Emil
8 points

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2 Answers
2.09K Views
Downsides to setting up shell companies for sale?

I see plenty of shell companies for sale through reputable sellers: LLCs that have no tax ID number or bank account and that were established a few months to a few years ago. The market prices of...

asked Nov 3 '12 at 23:30
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User6492
1,747 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.23K Views
Software systems that need certification or approval

I am a self taught programmer and web developer, planning to become an Independent Software Vendor. I am creating a software for Accounting and Inventory Management to sell in my local market....

asked Nov 3 '12 at 22:16
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Metadice
23 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.35K Views
Reasons not to start as an S corporation for a small professional services firm

My understanding is that an S corporation is the easiest for a new firm, and can always be changed to a C corporation later. What are the reasons not to do it this way? The firm under...

asked Nov 3 '12 at 03:29
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Math Attack
106 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.24K Views
How are corportate 'starter' funds taxed, if at all?

When opening up a new corporate bank account, are initial deposits looked at as income, and therefore considered taxable? Or are they counted as 'funding' (or some other term) and therefore...

asked Nov 2 '12 at 07:01
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Nas
6 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
1.91K Views
Would love some advice on best incorporation for my hardware start-up

I recently started a hardware company and Im in the process of setting up my incorporation. We have zero income at this point, but incurring expenses chiefly product design and material goods to...

asked Nov 2 '12 at 03:11
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User21431
6 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.45K Views
Looking for advice on developing my skills as a CTO

I'm currently in the process of building a startup with two co-founders (both are business people). Since I've been a developer in a wide-range of technologies I'll handle the CTO role. This won't...

asked Nov 2 '12 at 00:49
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Alex K.
18 points

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1 Answers
2.64K Views
Legality of posting an article on a Facebook Fan Page

I'm tinkering with an idea that has to do with Facebook Fan page. Basically, I'll be using the Facebook API to post a "Fan page status update" with a link on fanpage that people give me the...

asked Nov 1 '12 at 20:36
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Syl
1 point

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1 Answers
2.13K Views
Collecting payments on behalf of someone else in the US

I'm developing a service that would collect subscriber's money for the webmaster, and we'd pay the website owner at the end of the month. So for example, 10 subscribers pay "us" (the service)...

asked Nov 1 '12 at 16:55
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Nimbuz
174 points

5 Votes
8 Answers
3.69K Views
how should I start bookkeeping for my tiny company?

I started a little software company as a sole proprietorship and I'm generating income from an app in the Mac App Store. I have made a few business related purchases (software, web hosting,...

asked Nov 1 '12 at 14:49
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Mike T
174 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.78K Views
Apportioning annual expenses across multiple tax years

My wife is starting an architecture business as a sole proprietor. One significant expense is insurance. Suppose that she pays $10,000 for insurance now that covers the period Nov. 1, 2012 to...

asked Nov 1 '12 at 10:36
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Kekito
1,936 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
14.6K Views
What to ask on a beta testing survey?

I am nearly done with the development of a medium scale website and I want to do a bit of beta testing on the actual site. I am looking for some useful but somewhat generic questions that I should...

asked Nov 1 '12 at 06:54
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Clifgray
200 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.12K Views
How important is to have a focused startup?

I've been meeting with mentors and entrepreneurs to learn more about startups. I've been told that is better to focus in one feature and one sector in the market. I have a service that can help...

asked Oct 31 '12 at 16:26
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Zapoo
303 points

4 Votes
5 Answers
5.21K Views
How to handle partners asking to renegotiate old partnership agreements

In The beginning Around one year ago we build a software company, we needed to quit our jobs, get financing, a product, legal work, accounting work, clients and partnerships with providers. we...

asked Oct 31 '12 at 05:19
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Sd Reyes
156 points

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3 Answers
2.47K Views
Is it okay to shop around for incubators

I'm meeting with a local incubator tomorrow and I would like to know if it's okay to tell them I'm going to "shop around". I want to talk to other incubators and see what they can bring to the...

asked Oct 30 '12 at 23:10
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Dragonman
120 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.17K Views
Having hard time to decide for a lead dev position in a start-up (Paris)

I am in the following situation where i got an offer to join a start-up in Paris for a lead ios dev position. The field they are working on is a mix of technology and art which really fit to my...

asked Oct 30 '12 at 16:19
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Tiguero
106 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
2.42K Views
Built a company? When did you realize you needed a COO (or ops exec)?

I am in the midst of writing a follow-up article to one I have written to address some myths about startups and operations executives. In 15 years I have been through 9 startups (co-founder in 2...

asked Oct 30 '12 at 12:48
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Apollo Sinkevicius
3,323 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
3.38K Views
I've just lost my business mind, can't think straight!

Business hasn't been great lately, I've been riddled with problems of my service losing demand, employees not seeing a future and am unable to get new services launched in time because of...

asked Oct 30 '12 at 03:57
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Raj
16 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.18K Views
Hosting images outside main site?

I noticed that sites like StackOverflow host user-submitted images outside their site, (in the SO case, at imgur). I've also seen forums do the same thing. Are there advantages to taking this...

asked Oct 30 '12 at 03:49
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Martin's
121 points