Questions

A good friend and I had an idea for a software/mobile device related business last year, but haven't had the time to develop it yet. He is currently taking a software engineering class at his...

Software Legal

asked Jun 26 '12 at 07:37

Ekoostik Martin
171 points

I run a small Luxembourg-based consulting company and I'm about to start organizing events such as short seminars (2 hours) to long workshops (up to 5 days). I'd like to tour the USA and possibly...

Foreign Legal

asked Jun 25 '12 at 23:24

Roy Dictus
343 points

We were in California for 2.5 days at a trade show in 2010. Our company is an LLC in Oregon. We are required by the show promoter to have a Board of Equailization number, and we pay sales tax to...

Legal Tax

asked Jun 25 '12 at 15:16

Mary Ann
1 point

Lots of people I know think that their idea for an iPhone app is a great business idea, and could make them rich. I think it's a nightmare, akin to two-level pyramid scheme that generates revenue...

Products Business Model Mobile Apps

asked Jun 25 '12 at 10:19

Mc Garnagle
121 points

If a friend casually wanted to hack with me and we wrote something that took off, are they entitled to equity in my company?

Founders Agreement Founders Intellectual Property

asked Jun 24 '12 at 06:04

User18524
31 points

I have a good domain I'd like to use for my startup and it would require a .ly. Should I try to avoid having to use a .ly? Any negative implications or connotations come along with using a .ly?

Domain

asked Jun 23 '12 at 12:14

Ephraim
6 points

I run a business that works to provide electronic goods to our customers, and we have serious problems with customers defrauding us by claiming failure of delivery or similar through our current...

Payments

asked Jun 23 '12 at 06:30

Kort Pleco
891 points

I am preparing to sell software products to a global market. Customers will be companies of a technical or engineering nature. Cost of a license will be in the USD $500-$2000 range. Which currency...

Pricing International

asked Jun 23 '12 at 06:01

Paperjam
394 points

My co-founder and I have invested $50k together and launched phase 1 of our social network website. We have started marketing in NY metro and have grown to 300 users in 4 weeks. We are in the...

Marketing Startup Costs Social Network

asked Jun 23 '12 at 04:36

Rajiv
11 points

I have developed a product and did a basic search for domain names, and to get the domain name I want I will need to more creatively name my product. Does this creative naming turn off some...

Products Branding Naming Domain

asked Jun 23 '12 at 00:51

Dkroy
130 points

We just started a Monthly Subscription this year. We're now expanding it to non-US currencies (e.g., $AUD). The challenge is that the amount the customer sees (in $AUD) will vary every month with...

Credit Cards International Billing

asked Jun 22 '12 at 15:12

Clay Nichols
737 points

I'm starting to write a business plan for a possible future startup. We're still not a company and we're pretty much in garage-mode still holding to our day jobs. I was looking at example business...

Legal Business Plan

asked Jun 22 '12 at 00:06

Orchestrator
149 points

I own a start up, and me and my staff are adding some slogans onto our twitter graphics (background). We we're thinking of adding my [email protected] instead of generic info@ or contact@...

Email Marketing

asked Jun 21 '12 at 17:58

Patrick Voth
30 points

I am starting a non profit organization of which I will be the sole owner. The business is about selling books to particular groups of people at a cheaper price. I live in US, Massachusetts. What...

Getting Started

asked Jun 21 '12 at 12:21

Chimpanzee
102 points

I have five minutes to present a web app in front of investors (well, actually they are contest judges, but they are still looking for an app that will take off), and then I get five minutes for...

Contests Investors Expanding

asked Jun 21 '12 at 05:18

Tyjkenn
103 points

What impact did your Facebook fan page have on your sales or traffic? Did you try to measure conversion rate: "Facebook fans/visits" or "Facebook fans/sales"?

Marketing Facebook Conversion

asked Jun 20 '12 at 17:26

Activation Cloud
153 points

I'm currently on OPT and will be switching to H1B soon. I want to start a C corp which will function as an online business. Can my friends who live outside the USA develop the website? They...

Business Corporation

asked Jun 20 '12 at 15:37

Mark13426
131 points

My business is going to be group fitness with in all ready established gyms. We will certify instructors through our company to run classes with in gyms. The thing we are trying to figure out is...

Liability

asked Jun 20 '12 at 11:30

Kerry Sullivan
6 points

We have three co-founders...all of us business men and business owners. None of us are programmers. We have decided that finding one more co-founder(a coder), would probably be the best move for...

Funding Partnerships

asked Jun 20 '12 at 10:36

Derek
164 points

I have a few applications that I am about to release on the App Store. I have not yet received any revenue from these apps. I'm also not planning on making a lot of money from them. I'm considering...

LLC

asked Jun 20 '12 at 03:47

Ron Garrity
123 points