Questions

The users of my saas app have a 14 day trial run to decide if they like it enough in order to stump up the cash for a monthly subscription. I'm trying to work out a schedule of emails to send the...

Saas Conversion

asked Jul 2 '12 at 17:37

User18616
131 points

We are a software vendor and provide tools for other software developers. One of large companies requested information in order to determine whether our software is subject to Federal Export...

Software Legal Regulation

asked Jul 2 '12 at 10:07

Poopsky
195 points

I have established a multi member LLC and plan to elect taxation as an s corp. Do I obtain an EIN for the LLC (as a partnership) first and then file the form to be taxed as an S Corp. The...

LLC EIN

asked Jun 30 '12 at 16:36

Kirk
11 points

I've developting a SaaS product and would like to charge my users a subscription charge, I'm considering a model with a monthly fee and a annual discount - but now my question is this. How do I...

Payments Subscriptions

asked Jun 29 '12 at 20:31

Martin Kristiansen
102 points

I have a working prototype of a Mercurial repository browser/management tool for Windows and I'm thinking in creating a potential business out of it. While developing this, I looked a lot inside...

Business Model GPL

asked Jun 29 '12 at 19:02

Anton Gogolev
136 points

I have a free iOS app with about 2000 daily active users. I just submitted an app update that includes Apple's iAds. Now I'm curious about how much revenue I can generate with this user count. I...

Advertising Revenue Mobile Customer Retention Apple

asked Jun 29 '12 at 13:16

Sunday Monday
167 points

I'm currently on a J-1 visa and I understand that I'm not allowed to be paid by any company or organization other than my sponsoring organization. However, is it legal for me to 'work' for a...

Equity Visa Legal

asked Jun 29 '12 at 07:27

Dawood
101 points

My company (or soon to be) is looking at becoming an S-Corp. Right now most of our funds are tied up in the company and we can't really afford to hire an attorney to do the work for us. Can we get...

Incorporation Legal S Corp

asked Jun 29 '12 at 04:58

Mike
19 points

Are there any laws or regulations in the United States that define what is or is not acceptable when doing customer service outreach calls. More specifically, what I mean by outreach is an...

Customer Support

asked Jun 29 '12 at 04:04

Moses
113 points

We are actively looking for a co-founder/CTO. Tomorrow we are going to our first Meetup event to start meeting people and shmooze. As of now we have a wireframe 95% complete, but we have only...

CTO

asked Jun 28 '12 at 14:54

Derek
164 points

I have startup company and we have SaaS application which we sell as subscription. There is a lot of competition(which is good) and often first question I get from prospectives is "How...

Sales Customer Service Cost Estimation

asked Jun 28 '12 at 05:41

Katit
276 points

I'm thinking of hiring a project manager to lead the development of few web apps my company is doing. The guy I'm considering has considerable experience in managing projects for a large digital...

Project Management People

asked Jun 28 '12 at 05:00

Pvukovic
561 points

We're working on a mobile application that provides location based services like cinemas nearby, places, events and deals. I need to decide from now and then, whether to integrate with an API to...

API Core Values

asked Jun 27 '12 at 20:45

Yehia A.Salam
131 points

I know that the first thing investors look for is a good strong team. Until recently, I thought that just meant the founder and co-founders. However, I was just checking out angelist, and most of...

Advisors Funding Venture Capital Investors

asked Jun 27 '12 at 04:51

Derek
164 points

I am a founder. I'm planning to write a letter/email to sell one of my website to big company, but the question is: Who should I contact? The CEO of company, the product manager or just anyone...

Website Email Selling Business Contact Email Marketing

asked Jun 27 '12 at 02:39

Anlai
375 points

I have startup software company (SaaS model) that is just me. All funding comes in from my main customer(Customer A). Product still in development and I have specific roadmap for next versions. At...

Saas Customer Service

asked Jun 27 '12 at 00:09

Katit
276 points

My company makes and sells computers for Autodesk software, so Structural Engineers, 3D designers etc. Where would be best to advertise? We have an adwords campaign running, but we are only...

Marketing Sales Advertising

asked Jun 26 '12 at 21:15

Adam
133 points

I am planning to create a website that will curate selected posts from around 30 blogs in a specific niche and organize them into a detailed hierarchy that makes it very easy for visitors to access...

Copyright Content

asked Jun 26 '12 at 16:23

Tim Coulter
128 points

I live in Germany. If I register a trademark here and then submit my application into the AppStore, will it be protected? The trademark will be my app's name. I imagine that my competition could...

Apps Trademark

asked Jun 26 '12 at 10:39

Muller
19 points

This is my first visit here, so hi. I have been asked to write some software for a startup which has an exciting plan. All options are open and in the first instance about 6 months of work is...

Software Equity Royalties

asked Jun 26 '12 at 10:38

Sam Jolly
116 points