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I am an indie developer who works on android applications currently. One of the big OEMs wants to cooperation with me on my most popular app. They requested me to share an introduction document of...

Legal Documents Mobile Apps Introduction

asked Aug 21 '12 at 04:02

Dirhem
6 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? So I friend of mine has this idea for a kind of social network based on video blogging, for obvious...

Getting Started Software Development Equity Shares

asked Aug 21 '12 at 03:14

J Striedinger
1 point

I'd like to offer business-skills seminars, as web video, and quantify their value - what are some ways to do that? A few examples include: Mastering this skill is worth $10,000+ Learning this...

Pricing

asked Aug 21 '12 at 02:18

Randy Zeitman
41 points

I co-founded a startup and have been with them for almost a year now. I own around 40 percent of the company, which is to be vested over 3 years. So far, about 1/3 of it has been vested. On top of...

Legal Founders Agreement Founders Business Selling Business

asked Aug 20 '12 at 15:40

Anonymous
11 points

I'm sure not which type of professional i should reach out to in order to get the proper advice i seek. I want to know specifically how much it would cost to LLC a company and the continued costs...

LLC Fees

asked Aug 20 '12 at 14:47

Mysticxhobo
6 points

I am one of three founders (all part time) of a software start up which is still in early stages. Considerable effort has been logged even though no formal arrangements have been made. We have...

Equity Investment Dilution

asked Aug 20 '12 at 06:49

Mr. Anderson
13 points

so kickstarter FAQ mentions the tax considerations (and lack of) for BACKERS, but what about for the person you contributed to For instance, take a project like OUYA all funds went to Boxer8 Inc....

Tax Kickstarter

asked Aug 20 '12 at 04:52

Cqm
137 points

I am currently working as a tech advisor for a start-up. We tried composing a dev team for a while, but were unable to find talented people. We got a proposal from a company to build our app,...

Outsourcing Conflicts Bootstrap

asked Aug 19 '12 at 06:52

Xananax
108 points

Our product is ready for manufacturing. i applied for a none-provisional application in my country. but i know this do not effect on other countries and also if i start selling product then other...

Provisional Patent

asked Aug 19 '12 at 04:58

Ted
6 points

I was working for a startup as a remote contractor for couple of months. The founders of the startups are non technical and I am the only one technical person into the team. After working with...

Equity Startup Costs Startupvisa

asked Aug 18 '12 at 19:46

Arnold
16 points

I had an idea some time ago for a website. After much coding and banging out the idea, I've got it to a decent stage. If I were someone else, potentially a more commercially-minded person, I might...

License Ads

asked Aug 18 '12 at 13:09

Owen Versteeg
11 points

For quite some time I have managed to hold a well paid full time job and in the extra time do allot of other work. These are clients that are happy to pay me cash and take the VAT hit on their...

Partnerships VAT Profit Sharing

asked Aug 18 '12 at 01:46

Willy Wonka
101 points

I decided to sell my ebook on iTunes and searched for it. I read official faq and found out that I needed a US Tax ID (EIN, I think). Then, I searched for it and found out that I needed an ITIN...

Ebook Apple

asked Aug 17 '12 at 21:23

Noway
192 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? it's been pretty difficult for my team and I (as it is for everyone) to come up with equity numbers. I'm...

Equity Entrepreneurs

asked Aug 17 '12 at 13:56

Jessica
6 points

Due to various reasons (career related, privacy etc) I would like to hide the fact that I am the owner of the LLC from the general public and from anyone else trying to figure out the owners of the...

LLC

asked Aug 17 '12 at 12:48

Sxv
26 points

I've registered an LLC in the US as a foreigner. Registration was no problem, but I find the specific tax laws and regulations difficult, especially because it's hard to find clear information on...

LLC Foreign Tax Accountants

asked Aug 17 '12 at 10:10

User
192 points

I am involved in a startup and one of our minority partners (owns 15%, vested 25% of that 15% with the rest over the next two years) is not meeting his side of the agreement. I think we have the...

Partner Equity Founders Agreement

asked Aug 17 '12 at 06:04

Steve
11 points

I recently entered a government founded start-up that was planning a major switch in the product (after I entered we started doing a completely new product indeed). Each person in the project has a...

Intellectual Property Administration

asked Aug 17 '12 at 03:37

Iker
11 points

I'm in the process of building a web application that will need a healthy user base from day one to be successful (similar to a stackexchange site). I'm already taking signups but I'm curious how...

Launch Buzz Registration Web App

asked Aug 17 '12 at 00:31

Scunliffe
310 points

We have a startup with 3 co-founders each having 33.3% of the company. So far we have raised 100k internally and split it 3 ways. Now we wanted to raise another 100k round internally. If one...

Equity Convertible Note Dilution

asked Aug 17 '12 at 00:18

Calman5555
1 point