Questions

I've got a subscription service with a free tier. Initially, the free tier was far too generous. We've since significantly lowered what that free tier provides. However, we had grandfathered in...

Pricing Subscriptions Free

asked Jul 18 '12 at 06:36

Marc Hughes
111 points

I have a startup company. We have an angel investor who is willing to invest $50,000 in the company for a company share of 33%. That leaves the 67% of the company share for my business partner and...

Business

asked Jul 17 '12 at 19:20

Mark
21 points

Looking for an easy way to create an USB-to-cloud-bridge (just one example). I once again found that the market fails to deliver some simple products I am willing to pay for. If I had time and...

Ideas

asked Jul 17 '12 at 16:45

Jakob
106 points

I want to start a real estate renovation, redesign and buy-to-let company. I need 200k start up investment. I'm wondering whether or not I can simply offer each investor a 100% return on their...

Equity Investment Real Estate

asked Jul 17 '12 at 15:25

John
6 points

Background: I have a web app idea in mind that I have started developing for fun. As I started seeing potential for revenue, I realized that a lot of other competitors have already started this...

Getting Started Marketing Market Opportunity

asked Jul 17 '12 at 03:46

Jason
11 points

We are a small US Corp that hired a couple of workers in the Philippines to help us with some of our online work. We are paying them directly, but that means they do not have Social Security or...

Tax USA

asked Jul 17 '12 at 03:32

Frank
11 points

Wondering if it's possible to hire a new set of developers to take on an existing project not completed by previous developers? Some complained it may be difficult to understand the codes developed...

Web Services Web Dev Developers Web App

asked Jul 17 '12 at 01:48

Wanda Pebbs
11 points

I have an American based llc production company. I want to hire European artists for a short period (1 month for a show) . whats the best route for their taxes and mine? Would it be more...

Tax USA Contractor

asked Jul 16 '12 at 08:02

Richard
6 points

I run a small US-based startup, (an S Corp), I am also a contractor of this business. Am I able to withdrawl money from the main business banking account and pay myself (a contractor) without...

Independent Contractor Accounting S Corp

asked Jul 16 '12 at 06:22

User1062058
22 points

What is a Memo as referred to in transaction between a technology firm and Investment bank? Does Memo has any legal validity in Courts of Law. For example as Memo refereed to in this case between...

Consulting

asked Jul 15 '12 at 19:44

Gaurav Agarwal
107 points

We are building a service to help small businesses manage data they have in the cloud. We got to the point where we are profitable, but our growth is anemic. Our problem is that somehow a majority...

Small Business

asked Jul 15 '12 at 18:42

User10483
208 points

Is it common to ask early employee of a startup to sign a contract containing non-compete clauses? I am against our employee, but I have a little concern on our competitor as they have money to...

Getting Started Recruiting Contract Employees NDA

asked Jul 15 '12 at 01:28

Yoga
116 points

I have reserved a name for my business. It does not contain any "Co" or "Software" suffix. But sometimes it's more appropriate to use the suffix, e.g. in Facebook page's title. Can I use the "Co"...

Marketing Legal Name

asked Jul 15 '12 at 00:48

Muller
19 points

BACKGROUND I'm a senior software developer and started my own company last year. Prior to last year, I worked for a couple of years as a software developer on contract for many companies. And...

Marketing Technology

asked Jul 14 '12 at 02:36

John
170 points

The United States is known for having its Founding Fathers, not its Co-founding Fathers. The term Founder doesn't imply exclusivity, rather the use of "The" vs. "A" makes that distinction - someone...

Titles

asked Jul 14 '12 at 02:15

Paul O'brien
521 points

My company is currently developing a product which requires a software developer. The person we are using first requested a set fee for his work, but now would like a % of product sales? Is there...

Entrepreneurs

asked Jul 14 '12 at 01:53

Brian Coombs
1 point

An academic paper published by a major university contains some methodologies that fit perfectly with my start up idea. I would like to incorporate the methodologies into my start up but I am...

Legal

asked Jul 14 '12 at 00:34

Forgotten Kahz
13 points

I was recently terminated from a startup without cause, where I was one of several founders owning a decent percentage of stock. We also had an angel investor (incubator) in with us for a small...

Equity Legal Micro Startup Fraud Dilution

asked Jul 13 '12 at 16:31

Startup Monster
48 points

I run a new apparels ecommerce business and I manually pieced up a terms & conditions page from various sources. I was just wondering if it is at all crucial to have these drafted out by a...

Ecommerce Legal

asked Jul 13 '12 at 12:43

Bernie
23 points

Startup execution is by now a well understood process. The Customer Development model does a good job at delineating the different steps necessary to determine if something is a scalable,...

Ideas Entrepreneurs

asked Jul 13 '12 at 11:23

Glitch
156 points