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Which Credit card processors allow us to retrieve payment information?

Which credit card processor allow us to retrieve payment information from their server in case if we need the payment information? I believe my question isn't clear enough and I decided to write a...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 15:00
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Simplyme
186 points

-1 Votes
1 Answers
1.9K Views
How do I source prizes and gifts for a competition site?

Every day I receive invitations to win holidays, gift vouchers, cash, cars etc. When you go to the site there are literally hundreds if these deals listed. I know some of these sites simply...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 13:16
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Dean Nesmith
6 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.19K Views
Question about terminating contract with employee

Not sure if this the right place to ask but here it goes: We (myself and 2 founders) found our startup about a year ago. Then we brought on an employee to work part-time and had him sign a...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 06:45
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User19965
6 points

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3 Answers
2.6K Views
How to persuade the boss to give me 1 free day?

I am working in a small software company. Owner directly manages the business. I'd like to start my own project, part time. I have a family. It is difficult to find free time to work on my...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 06:44
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Mel1
6 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.09K Views
How to spot a good social media marketer

It's a bit subjective but helpful and on-topic IMO, mayebe should be made community wiki I've been in contact with some guest bloggers lately which are interested in publishing posts on my...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 06:36
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Fiftyeight
125 points

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1 Answers
2.13K Views
Actual tax rate for self employment with LLC

There seem to be a ton of LLC related questions and I've been through most of them but I don't see anything that answers my question directly. Right now I'm on a 1099 and it was suggested that I...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 03:27
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Dustin Davis
272 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.28K Views
Ethics: A competitor is not following industry standards

A sales lead is currently working with one of our competitors, and said they'd happily switch over, so long as we we could make the changes to handle things in the same way as our competitor...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 02:21
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Jeff S
374 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.72K Views
Does US subsidiary makes foreign company liable for US sales taxation?

1 - Company A is an European company that sells digital products and services all over the world, including the US. The company does not pay US income tax because it does not have an US...

asked Oct 2 '12 at 05:26
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Captain Hartman
6 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.32K Views
How to define US income on international sales?

I'm from Guatemala and i own a company here with license to export. Two days ago I ask another question here: Tax deduction for imported IT goods and services and @littleadv has given me a very...

asked Oct 2 '12 at 03:09
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Darwin
110 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
3K Views
Is it common for people to work for free in exchange for equity in a startup?

My business partner and I have an idea that requires some web development to be done to get to the first stage of proving that the concept works. We do not want to pay to do this, but rather have...

asked Oct 2 '12 at 00:51
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User19942
11 points

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1 Answers
1.95K Views
Worldwide Ecommerce From One Location: What requirements are there from other states and countries?

Details: I plan to sell downloadable information through passive search-engine ads, which could end up anywhere. I am hoping that US copyrights will be sufficient (can I do better?). My unbacked...

asked Oct 1 '12 at 18:38
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User19934
1 point

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1 Answers
1.84K Views
Repercussions maintaining ownership to a company I am not actively contributing to

I am a co-founder of an LLC and because of some very heavy issues that has come about, I haven't been an active team member. The business has been around for a few years and, like everyone else who...

asked Oct 1 '12 at 14:57
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Charlie
1 point

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.59K Views
Employee who contracted programmer to complete project. Who owns intellectual property?

I was hired as an employee to integrate data which initially no projects existed that required programming. It became clear that the method needed to complete one project was going to require some...

asked Oct 1 '12 at 03:29
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User19928
21 points

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1 Answers
2.21K Views
How could I validate a product that saves large SaaS biz money on bandwith?

My business idea deals with compressing the traffic coming out of web apps to the client. I can show the bandwidth differences with and without my software. How do I know validate if companies...

asked Sep 30 '12 at 12:42
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New Alexandria
221 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
11.8K Views
How do I invoice Canadian customer from US?

I have US company and all of my customers so far here in US. I send monthly bill and get a check. No CC processing fees, etc. Now I have some Canadian prospects. How can I bill them? Should I...

asked Sep 30 '12 at 09:10
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Katit
276 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.74K Views
Starting an Australian company while living abroad?

How can an Australian citizen (or two) set up a company in Australia while living overseas? Is it possible to pay a professional (e.g. lawyer/accountant) to fulfill the requirements of having "at...

asked Sep 30 '12 at 08:25
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Nomadhacker
11 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.57K Views
What are some pitfalls when registering a .com domain name and how do you avoid them?

I have no experience registering a .com domain name and am looking into how to do this. I came across a site which lists “10 things you must know before you register a domain name with anyone.” The...

asked Sep 29 '12 at 23:42
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Rinzwind
116 points

5 Votes
6 Answers
3K Views
1-man show, coder/marketing/everything else... 10 months in the making, too long?

As a 1-man show I've been building a social startup for the last 10 months. A lot of the time on development has been spent learning a new programming language (Ruby on Rails) and also all the...

asked Sep 29 '12 at 22:54
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Rubytastic
139 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
1.88K Views
Using ads inside startup pages to pay for expenses? And what advertisement solutions work best?

Has anyone added banner ads to there startups to monetize from the beginning? Is this a good idea or better build a memberbase first without any ads that may turn people off? I will be have a free...

asked Sep 29 '12 at 22:35
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Rubytastic
139 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.2K Views
Starting a company while keeping the current job

I have been working on a product for a while keeping my day job. With the help of a partner we are now ready to form a company and to launch the product. The issue is how to do it so that I won't...

asked Sep 29 '12 at 12:19
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David Lema
11 points