Questions

My husband was brought on as a 4th partner of a startup last year. Unfortunately, he did not take the LLC legal docs to a lawyer to make sure the % he was being offered was fair before signing. He...

Co-Founder Technology Development

asked Jul 27 '12 at 16:38

Tracy
11 points

My friends and i came up with an idea that involves streaming music for free and paid members like spotify. We are aware that we will need to get licensed by record labels. We do not know how to go...

Music Proposal

asked Jul 27 '12 at 09:12

Nedy
109 points

I'm the sole developer on a web application project that a friend and I started up. I'm handling development and my friend is handling the business side. It's a guerrilla operation and with what...

Web Services Web Dev

asked Jul 27 '12 at 08:42

Derek
1 point

My wife just opened her business as a small beauty salon for little girls. She came up with the idea and logo for the business but needed more cash to open the business. So she brought in her mom,...

Legal

asked Jul 27 '12 at 04:48

Mark
4 points

I wish to start a business within the UK, which will be an online venture. However, I am unsure of a few things. Firstly, I know I will have to pay income tax, assuming it reaches the threshold of...

Getting Started UK Tax Business

asked Jul 27 '12 at 03:58

Bowersbros
11 points

Can we use images/emoticons published under GPL license in our commercial online app? If we do that, are we liable to publish app under GPL? Regards, Jack

GPL

asked Jul 27 '12 at 01:51

Jack
11 points

I am currently researching the opportunity to open a foreign subsidiary of my software house in the UK. I am interested in a few issues: Accounting help : Do I need to hire an accountant?...

Software UK Subsidiary

asked Jul 26 '12 at 17:39

Inspiring Software
11 points

I have a recently launched software product but still have no support options, because of my resources constraints (time, money) plus other priorities (website, SEO, marketing). So, I'm...

Software Support

asked Jul 26 '12 at 13:16

Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

First off I'm very glad to have found this exchange because a lot of questions will be forthcoming from me. The skinny: I started a new business a couple months ago, an LLC. My skill set is in...

Getting Started Venture Capital Angel

asked Jul 26 '12 at 10:51

Manchine
104 points

Many CRM applications include sales pipeline tracking and sales workflow. Generally, when a new opportunity is created, one has to somehow enter the 'expected revenue' for the deal. This is easy...

Sales CRM

asked Jul 26 '12 at 01:37

Tim Long
108 points

I have a decade experience in software developement and specially web related applications. As a geek, I have a nice contacts but I do not see any of my contact turning into a perspective client....

Technology Consulting

asked Jul 25 '12 at 22:14

Dhananjay
33 points

I am creating a new website and it's a very common one, about upcoming events. The difference of me and the competition is how I deliver the events to the people that is kind of strange and clever...

Strategy

asked Jul 25 '12 at 20:58

Nikolai
125 points

Assume that you are a custom app seller. You get your customers, on all kind of opportunities like events, blind mails, viral marketing. When you are at the customer you present your...

Marketing Prices Entrepreneurs Business

asked Jul 25 '12 at 16:58

Maximus M
136 points

The investor is very excited but he seems very slow on the deal. We've been in communication for 3 weeks. I recently gave him access to the invesment package. But There was A tech issue on a...

Negotiation Angel

asked Jul 25 '12 at 04:49

Zapoo
303 points

There are many resources about how to pursue funding for horizontal products, often software that can be used by a large number of people. These are problems that investors can understand...

Funding Vertical

asked Jul 25 '12 at 04:25

Mjibson
116 points

I have just read a study (german) that applied Van Westendorp's Price Sensitivity Meter to determine a reasonable price range for a SaaS offering. Specifically, the study tried to investigate the...

Pricing Survey

asked Jul 24 '12 at 21:28

Johannes Rudolph
348 points

I think a lot of people with ideas wonder about this - should they come up with a company name first or figure out the name for a product, get a domain name matching the name and then register a...

Getting Started Naming Entrepreneurship

asked Jul 24 '12 at 11:46

Webbie
2,835 points

I don't really like the idea of paying $20+ per month to run a glorified message board (GetSatisfaction, UserVoice, etc.). But these kinds of services seem to be pretty popular. So am I missing...

Bootstrapped Customer Feedback Web App Forum Tech Support

asked Jul 24 '12 at 02:53

Richard
357 points

I have been working on a web product for over a year now and I've finally gotten to the point where I've finished integrating the payment / subscription / credit card processor into the product,...

Payments Legal

asked Jul 24 '12 at 00:42

Kristian
141 points

I read a lot that daily deal sites such as groupon and livingsocial are hard to scale from a business viewpoint. What does this mean, and why is this so?

Marketing Advertising

asked Jul 23 '12 at 20:19

Jason
56 points