Questions

I have a marketplace website. There are several types of emails that I am having the coders develop to be sent to users. For example, when a seller's item is sold they are alerted, when they have...

Email

asked Apr 26 '12 at 01:16

Sk24iam
344 points

I am in the 3rd year of my university and I am thinking of a startup but I am afraid if it fails I'll be treated as a guy with no experience after two years or a guy with same experience than...

Getting Started

asked Apr 25 '12 at 22:35

Aditya Anjoli
123 points

I have problem, I live in Poland and I want to incorporate my software startup that makes around $15k/year. The cost of incorporation of a limited company in Poland is $7k/year (w/out taxes). This...

Incorporation

asked Apr 25 '12 at 19:36

Svisstack
188 points

I'm declaring one of my startups kaput and moving on to another. The first venture, Stronico Contact Management, was an llc and had a ten percent partner. We declared it closed by mutual agreement...

LLC Legal Partnerships

asked Apr 25 '12 at 04:32

Steve French
621 points

I am looking at purchasing a service business in California that states it makes $160K in revenue and $120K in Net income. What Can I expect to net (estimate) after taxes with a LLC? Is it a 39%...

Tax Business

asked Apr 25 '12 at 03:28

Thomas
6 points

I am 18 but my co-founder is 17. (In other words, I am able to sign a binding contract, he is not.) We are getting ready to incorporate our startup — but is my co-founder old enough to start, and...

Co-Founder Contract Incorporation Shares

asked Apr 25 '12 at 02:23

David Kendal
28 points

In general, what penalty do you provide to an employee that takes company Intellectual Property away (violating the non-disclosure agreement)? What is the best way to protect our bigger value...

Intellectual Property

asked Apr 24 '12 at 22:47

Devdept
108 points

I would like to hear from those folks that have gone through their initial market research and idea validation stages of their start-up and would like to share how they went about making sure their...

Marketing Ideas Customers Valuation

asked Apr 24 '12 at 12:34

Victor S
141 points

I'm planning to incorporate in Delaware. But not sure If from the start I have to create an x amount of publications to be recognized in the state as an LLC. I incorporated an LLC In NYC and it...

LLC Incorporation Corporate Structure

asked Apr 24 '12 at 09:28

Zapoo
303 points

we are a start up and we have to make a decision on how to deal when we have to write any documents/presentation(technical/marketing/pps/etc). Let's say by instance that I have been contacted by a...

Getting Started Hiring Documentation

asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:22

Massimiliano Peluso
172 points

As some kind of a follow-up of my previous question about trademark, I am curious to know about legal risks and protection options, particularly in Europe. As far as I can see, one of the greatest...

Insurance Startup Costs Legal Statistics

asked Apr 23 '12 at 17:18

Yoav Aner
318 points

I'm debating whether to use a trademark lawyer (at $1300+ cost) or try it register it myself. The most complicated aspect I can see from the USPTO form is describing your goods/services (in that,...

Trademark

asked Apr 23 '12 at 16:34

William Denniss
106 points

We are looking for a way to validate that the person who creates an account has the ability to speak for the business in question. (Only U.S. based businesses for now.) And we are looking for ways...

API Business Business Services Validation

asked Apr 23 '12 at 07:44

Local Pc Guy
99 points

We are small IT outsource company located in Ukraine (but registered in USA). We have clients over the world. We are working like dedicated team, for existed projects who need cost effective...

Outsourcing IT Business

asked Apr 23 '12 at 03:13

Paul
1 point

We are about to launch our new B2C startup (based in Germany targetting the German-speaking market first, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland), but hopefully later expanding to English-speaking...

Trademark Name

asked Apr 22 '12 at 22:55

Yoav Aner
318 points

I am a Rails developer with a job who does projects on the side. I've been asked by a couple of friends to build a product for their startup, nothing too special/creative technology wise. They...

Equity Project

asked Apr 22 '12 at 05:47

Erik J
111 points

If the LLC covers the health insurance premiums for the members, does the amount get deducted from the member's capital account?

LLC Insurance Benefits

asked Apr 22 '12 at 04:11

Alex Pereda
16 points

I have come across several situations wherein the VC invests based on funds needed to get certain things done in a startup.This seems ok, but most will want nothing less than 20% of the company....

Venture Capital

asked Apr 21 '12 at 17:07

Priyank
113 points

I'm looking for a service that gives me a 1-800/1-877/1-888/etc. number and voicemail for it. That's it - don't want it to ring through, follow me, etc. Just take a voicemail if someone calls and...

Infrastructure Phone

asked Apr 21 '12 at 06:01

Raindog308
11 points

I'm building an app that contains an open source package protected under EDL license http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php Can I sell it? Do I need to specify something in my app's...

Open Source Software Licensing

asked Apr 21 '12 at 05:50

Nur Ne
186 points