Questions
I want to sell domain names, but not the names I own. Rather, I want to sell the available domains in the general pool of available domains such as those sold by Domain.com an GoDaddy for under...
108 points
I love startups but have no prior startup experience. Till now I have only built stuff like mobile apps (as part time gigs) and worked as a consultant for many large enterprises. I have this new...
I'm pretty sure I know whats the answer, would like another opinion. I am using generic time values in my business plan (M1, Y1). I want to know the proper way of displaying my sales forecast....
Everybody seems to think the opposite, but does it really matters how well you are connected with others entrepreneurs, developers or VCs when you own a tech company? It seems obvious that it...
116 points
I'm getting ahead of myself here because my product hasn't launched yet, but I thought about this and would appreciate the thoughts of this community: Imagine this: You're launching a great app...
I am just starting a small business, and I need to open a business bank account. I went into the bank today, and they asked me if I wanted to use my SSN or the EIN for the business. What's the...
6 points
everyone. I've made it to the second round of a business competition and now need to pitch an e-Learning concept to a panel of judges in order to secure funding. The idea is fairly unique and...
105 points
What services should a software-oriented business incubator offer? (E.g., high speed internet, etc.)
737 points
Let's say I have a startup web-app (e.g. ticketing system) ready to go live. I am planning to sell a monthly membership. I don't want to market/promote it, so I'd like to find a company to do that...
The reason I'm asking is this: I currently run a sole proprietorship. I plan to establish a Limited company in 6 months time. The Limited company will take ownership of all software I produce in...
138 points
If I and an investor own 50% of the outstanding shares in a limited company each, can I transfer some of my shares to another entity without the investor's (or any other shareholders') approval?...
99 points
I was going through the online wizard in the IRS site to create an EIN and I got to a step where it asked me about my LLC Address. I have not filed my articles of organization yet so obviously I...
144 points
I don't want to modify it, and the script itself has URLs to their site in the header. They have a commercial version for sale, but I want to know when I should pay for it. Here's the GPL-3.0...
101 points
Before launching our startup, we are attempting to have a large portion of the documentation for the product complete. However, we're a bit stranded when it comes to the best presentation of that...
108 points
Could a limited company decide to pay dividends only to certain individuals, e.g., those who hold 50% or more of the outstanding shares? If not, do dividends have to be paid out proportionately to...
99 points
I'm about to launch a social travel network PhD colleague. It uses a complex algorithm to rank results and recommendations. We've just concluded the development and must say that we made mistakes...
1 point
I'm negotiating a job to build a prototype for some people. They will show that prototype to investors and can potentially get funded. Do people usually get compensated for this? If so, what...
180 points
I'm looking at the S-1 filing of Shutterstock: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000104746912005905/a2209364zs-1.htm It says that $20.5mil, $25.9mil and $28.6mil of dividends were paid...
99 points
I'm building an application that lets users upload images from their desktop. (A FTP kind of program) Where do I find a disclaimer text for a program like that? Something that says "I'm not...
6 points
If I have a company that has been building some SAAS for several years. I am now looking to take on another person and give them 40% equity. Were should the IP of the software been maintained?...
219 points
