Questions

I have been building a SAAS product for a vertical industry for the last two years. The product is now pretty mature. As a geek my sales and marketing skills are pretty rubbish so am are looking at...

Co-Founder Equity

asked May 27 '12 at 20:53

Craig
219 points

Our company is a small, Eastern European outsourcing firm, focusing on PHP, .NET, and mobile development projects). As our company is trying to get off the ground, and since we don't have much...

Sales Employees Acquisition Clients

asked May 27 '12 at 18:51

Davey Boy
55 points

Amazon payments has a strict list of requirements including having a US EIN or SSN, a state driver's license and US residency. Google Checkout is not yet available in Canada. What are the steps...

Payments Legal Delaware Payment Gateway

asked May 27 '12 at 17:47

Calydon
26 points

I have couple of good quality web applications. Personally I never got time to market them. I am just a web enthusiast who love to make web products. Is there any good market place other than...

Web App Marketplace

asked May 27 '12 at 14:54

Amit Gupta
11 points

How can a startup protect their technology from being copied by a manufacturer? Is it just a matter of contracts and trust? For example, Apple doesn't assemble iPads. How do they prevent their...

Piracy China Manufacturing

asked May 26 '12 at 11:13

Ed Pichler
201 points

Apart from bookkeeping, what are the typical duties of an accountant for a small software based startup?

Getting Started Accountants

asked May 26 '12 at 08:47

Lavinski
104 points

I am about to launch my mobile app which should be useful to many users. It is free of charge to download and use. I have a dilemma where I am not sure whether I should ask my users to login...

Users Mobile

asked May 26 '12 at 03:54

Ted
118 points

I've $100,000 from my personal money for a new company. I was thinking about going to Austin, TX, as I've heard Silicon Valley is more to raise money than to actually develop apps. Viewing all the...

Venture Capital Angel Business Plan Fundraising

asked May 25 '12 at 23:55

Hartator
116 points

We sell B2B software, and receive most of our payments by bank transfer or cheque. We're currently using Google Checkout to take online card payments. We have some issues with Google Checkout...

Software Payments B2B

asked May 25 '12 at 19:57

Cocowalla
327 points

I suppose this question would be useful to anyone who is natively from one country but living in another setting up a business. I'm an English man currently with a business bank account and sole...

Finance Tax Business Bank Sole Proprietorship

asked May 25 '12 at 17:59

Littlejim84
141 points

Internationalization and localization are some ways to test the water in various regions, to see which market you fit in best. I wonder if any of you has any experience in a multi-lingual web...

Management International Localization Translation

asked May 25 '12 at 14:33

Victor
593 points

i'm starting an LLC with a close friend. we're making mobile apps. i'm the developer, he's the graphics guy. we plan to make and sell several different apps. i'll be working full time on this...

Equity Profit Sharing

asked May 25 '12 at 12:30

App Guy
1 point

As an entrepreneur, when visiting a city with an active startup community, is it appropriate to drop in unannounced at one or more of the local incubators? (Assuming you don't know anyone in the...

Incubators Introduction

asked May 25 '12 at 05:45

Blueberryfields
426 points

I'm currently in the process of creating a game for the WP7 marketplace. I havin't been throught the process of publishing it to the market place yet but was wondering if there are any pre...

Getting Started Software

asked May 24 '12 at 21:20

Lavinski
104 points

I have read in a couple of places on how RBI has come down severely on PayPal accounts, blocking them etc... Is it a big issue and is there a risk in opening PayPal accounts for a B2B marketplace...

Getting Started

asked May 24 '12 at 18:28

Disha
16 points

As a new startup, do I really need a part-time accountant or can software like QuickBooks do everything for me? Perhaps a bookkeeper to input data into the software is all I need?

Getting Started Financial Bookkeeping Accountants

asked May 24 '12 at 07:30

Anon E
41 points

DotSUB allows anyone to upload videos and provides an interface for subtitling them - to anyone. Looking at the subtitles and their timing of appearance, Khan Academy seems to have crowdsourced...

Video Investment Profitability

asked May 24 '12 at 05:02

Aditya Menon
112 points

I know similar questions have been asked before but I feel this situation is unique. I would appreciate any help. Three founders in total Only one (me) will be building the product The other two...

Equity

asked May 24 '12 at 04:09

Adam
6 points

I am selling a b2b enterprise software application. We have been in development for about 4 years, which include some beta testing. Over the past 5 months, we brough on a couple developers with...

B2B

asked May 24 '12 at 03:56

User17410
5 points

This question is not asking "what should my rate be?" I would like to some help understanding how to choose a rate. What are some successful methods that others have used in deciding what to...

Pricing Consulting Rates

asked May 24 '12 at 03:28

Greg
116 points