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3 Votes
3 Answers
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Ethical marketing?

I'm a bit confused at the moment... hope someone can help me out. I'd like to hire a temporary internet marketing team to promote my website on the internet. I'd like them to promote it on...

asked Feb 28 '12 at 09:00
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User16659
18 points

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2 Answers
2.92K Views
Can a company founded by foreign citizen be awarded a DARPA grant?

Can I apply for a DARPA grant, being a foreign citizen who has founded a company in the US? The company would be located in the US and there would be other founders with US citizenship.

asked Feb 27 '12 at 09:48
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Reachus
101 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
3.6K Views
How to keep track (on file) of income and expenses?

I want to keep track of my startup's income and expenses. Is excel the right software? And how should I do it, a column for income and a column for expenses? Is there some template you can recommend?

asked Feb 27 '12 at 08:14
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Startup1
90 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
3.87K Views
When Co-founder quits, what happens to the vested equity?

I'm a co-founder of a startup, and I've been working on it for almost 3 years. The vesting term is 1-year cliff and 1/48 per month. So now I have vested 15%, and 5% not yet vested. I need to quit...

asked Feb 27 '12 at 01:53
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Samie
18 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
4.58K Views
LLC profit/loss distribution in case of mid year ownership change

I understand that profit/loss is distributed among the LLC owners according to their ownership stakes. What about if profit/loss if the ownership stakes change? Say for example, there are 3...

asked Feb 26 '12 at 15:49
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Timecapsule
6 points

3 Votes
5 Answers
3.94K Views
How Can I Promote my Translator Android App?

I recently created an Android App. It translates thousands of frequently used words from each language. When I started learning Dutch with a friend of mine, he suggested it would be great to have...

asked Feb 26 '12 at 07:55
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Balkrishna Rawool
16 points

7 Votes
2 Answers
3.38K Views
How To Find New Problems to Solve or Ideas for Products To Work On?

What is the thought sequence, particuarlly in a new venture that you're thinking about or have already started? Do cool things just randomly pop in your head after whatever things you do through...

asked Feb 26 '12 at 04:25
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Steven
41 points

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2 Answers
2.25K Views
When to add paid options or premium membership to startup?

Would it be more wise to add paid options to a startup later on or from the start? The paiad options would of course take extra time to develop since they would be an enhancment on the...

asked Feb 26 '12 at 01:26
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Rubytastic
139 points

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3 Answers
4.42K Views
Camel notation in company name

The name Microsoft logically consists of two words - micro and soft. On .cn zone sites I often see it written as MicroSoft, and it just looks terrible. I am starting a mobile platform...

asked Feb 25 '12 at 10:08
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Maxim V. Pavlov
217 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.76K Views
My partner quit... what do I do now?

We were registered as a partner business and we started to work together about 2 months then my partner quit without asking to split the share, she just said "sorry, thing went wrong in my family....

asked Feb 25 '12 at 09:48
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Alan Sugar
6 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.99K Views
I formed an LLC on November last yr and dissolved it on December, should I report this LLC to IRS?

I formed a Delaware LLC on November last year, and soon I found that the c-corp is more suitable for my situation, so I decided to dissolve this LLC, it has been dissolved on December last year...

asked Feb 25 '12 at 09:12
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Silent
111 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.86K Views
Right time to start adwords ads?

We recently launched a food gift website where you can create & personalize your gift. The site has several innovative features which people like a lot. There is an online food gift market in...

asked Feb 25 '12 at 08:30
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John
16 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.88K Views
Hiring first person employee vs contractor

I have bootstrapped a startup in NY and am ready to hire a person. Should I hire this person as a contractor or as an employee. I realize that there are many laws and logistics around hiring an...

asked Feb 25 '12 at 08:06
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User15995
42 points

8 Votes
7 Answers
4.35K Views
How important is it to have a physical office?

My start-up is made up mostly of home-based workers so having a physical office wasn't really a priority for us. In fact, it's one of the things that made us really competitive in our market (low...

asked Feb 24 '12 at 19:06
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March Robert Philip Serrano
152 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.47K Views
How do you bill for customisations in your SaaS offering?

We provide a customisable SaaS solution, and have adopted the classic billing model of a monthly user subscription fee. However some of our clients also require us to make customisations to their...

asked Feb 24 '12 at 18:38
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Kosta Kontos
216 points

3 Votes
5 Answers
3.78K Views
Startup Financial Plan

I need to prepare a financial/cashflow/budget plan for my startup. Can anyone offer suggestions about what items I should include or exclude? Are there any 'templates' available for preparing this...

asked Feb 24 '12 at 18:32
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Ben Cornwell
16 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.61K Views
How to promote a desktop Facebook app about music to get alpha testers?

Possible Duplicate: I made a product, now how can I find customers? I built a prototype for a desktop music app that will keep you updated with music. It has real-time music aggregation, and a...

asked Feb 24 '12 at 08:48
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Meir
238 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.21K Views
Email format: which is more professional

I own a domain which is my first and last name dot com and I was wondering if it is better to have [my first name]@[my domain] or me@[my domain]? Which is more professional? Does having [my first...

asked Feb 24 '12 at 06:41
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Newguy
13 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
3.05K Views
What is Soft ROI?

I have heard some people use the term, for example in this video but I cannot find a precise definition of the concept online. What is soft ROI?

asked Feb 24 '12 at 06:22
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Randomblue
154 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.91K Views
Hiring someone as an employee AND contractor

If an employee wanted to clean our buildings above their normal responsibilities, could we hire them as an independent contractor for the cleaning work in addition to them being an employee? Is...

asked Feb 24 '12 at 01:19
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Matthew Rankin
196 points