Questions

I have relatively little experience with recruiting, determining compensation and hiring for startups since this is my first go at it. My approach is that there isn't a single right answer on...

Recruiting Hiring Equity

asked May 3 '12 at 15:10

User1195763
6 points

Let's say I expect to generate $500/month of steady income from my side company (single member LLC). I work FT during the day and taxes are paid accordingly. Do I need to worry about estimated...

LLC Tax

asked May 3 '12 at 12:48

Luckytaxi
177 points

I am the sole founder of a bootstrapped startup (idea conceived by me, revenue model and business plan developed by me, and I filed a provisional process patent for the concept). I have incoporated...

Equity Independent Contractor Contractor

asked May 3 '12 at 10:40

Ric Bray
13 points

Like many fellow startups that we know, we've started like with one technical wizard who know a lot of stuff and who knows now where everything is and how it works. The system has undergone a lot...

Getting Started Hiring Employees

asked May 3 '12 at 06:00

Michael Durrant
227 points

I recently translated my app to German and Spanish. The German translator recommended leaving the copyright notice in English while the Spanish translator translated it. Which is better? My app is...

Legal Copyright

asked May 3 '12 at 04:51

Barry Fruitman
119 points

In this publication, the IRS lists a number of fringe benefits that you can provide employees and details when/why they would be considered taxable vs. non-taxable. However, at the start of the...

Tax Benefits S Corp

asked May 3 '12 at 01:56

Jeffrey Blake
115 points

I just started a business (startup) and wanted to do the right thing by having a bank account for the company and putting all the business expenses on the business account. Now, I am in NY and I...

Finance Revenue Accounting

asked May 3 '12 at 00:24

Ariel
138 points

We're working hard on a new SaaS idea. We're bootstrapping as much as we can and are not looking for outside investment. Our goal was start charging for the service on a yearly basis, in our minds...

Payments Subscriptions Saas

asked May 2 '12 at 20:05

Littlejim84
141 points

I was running a startup company for 2.5 years. The company made money, but was forced to close down due to a change in government regulation. Without any new startup idea, I am now looking to find...

Profit Sharing Loss Sharing

asked May 2 '12 at 17:53

User17756
6 points

Quite some time ago, I heard two stories about genius ideas. Both of them were allegedly coming from outside the company and sold to big corporations, with those ending saving a lot of money (and...

Ideas

asked May 2 '12 at 16:48

Yoav Aner
318 points

Suppose there's a site that runs a blog about computer hardware and on one of the blogs about dealing with old hardware stuff, a blog reader asks something like 'Looking for possible online sites...

Marketing Legal Ethics Internet Marketing

asked May 2 '12 at 08:59

User16659
18 points

Do I need a lawyer to write up a non-disclosure agreement? If so how much should this cost on average? It is a small company and it would be beneficial for them if I did not bring this to other...

Legal NDA

asked May 2 '12 at 04:45

Peter Chapman
16 points

My partner and I founded a start-up personal service business. We own A shares (voting) and are working full-time on the business. We have procured investors, who own B shares (non-voting). The...

Equity

asked May 2 '12 at 03:30

Susannah
1 point

Imagine you found a VC or Business Angel or other to invest in your project something around 200,000 USD. How long does it usually take to close the deal and get the money? (A min-max and average...

Funding Venture Capital Angel

asked May 1 '12 at 23:02

Denislexic
106 points

Here's the scenario my startup is in and I'd appreciate some thoughts on how to solve several issues we have. We're 3 co-founders (2 biz, 1 dev) and we've been working on an idea for the past ~12...

Equity

asked May 1 '12 at 20:06

Yuval A
121 points

How would you go about marketing to consumers a service which is free to them? If it were a product or a paid-for service you could offer discounts and things, but since its a free service you...

Marketing

asked May 1 '12 at 09:10

Blazemore
106 points

I have recently been working on a site which showcases open source projects. My partner and I have discussed business plans (with premium services and whatnot), but finally decided to keep the...

Decision Non Profit Content

asked May 1 '12 at 06:11

Lance Lafontaine
190 points

I heard from someone that if you have a S Corp and you don't make any profit for two years, then you can get penalized for it. Is this true?

Corporation

asked May 1 '12 at 02:16

Vakey
8 points

At the moment I work self employed as a web developer creating websites. One such website has become fairly popular and I'm considering adding trademarks etc, is it possible/straightforward to...

LLC Tax Business

asked May 1 '12 at 01:08

Silver89
106 points

Is traditional marketing (newspapers, magazines, outdoors, tv, radio..and so on) necessary for a web startup in a tough niche (travel industry)?

Marketing Web

asked Apr 30 '12 at 16:47

Daniel
118 points