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3 Votes
2 Answers
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Personal Branding: Better to use your full name or a nickname?

I have read a lot of questions asking if it is better to use their name or their business name on their twitter/facebook/youtube accounts and so on. The answer was it is better to separate those,...

asked Feb 14 '12 at 13:18
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Nikolai
125 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.1K Views
What type of employee do I need?

My SaaS company consists of myself (founder and developer), another developer, and a support person. Our new app is starting to gain traction, and as a result, I'm on the phone with potential / new...

asked Feb 14 '12 at 13:17
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Hodge
30 points

6 Votes
12 Answers
8.55K Views
Outsourcing SEO on sites like Fiverr

I saw a lot of posts on Fiverr where people who offer creating 1000's of backlinks to your website for a pretty low price. Is it a good way to improve my SEO? Is it safe to use this technique? I...

asked Feb 14 '12 at 11:44
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Salmon
970 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
2.74K Views
My webmaster created our website and is now charging me a licensing fee

My webmaster signed an agreement saying that all work done on the website is owned by our company. He now thinks that he is being payed unfairly and wants the website to be taken down. He says...

asked Feb 14 '12 at 11:11
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Kyle Berkley
31 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.33K Views
research resources for starting a sports team/franchise

I'm thinking of starting up a minor sports team in the world of e-sports and I'd like to model it after the more well-known models in hockey and football. I've tried going to the official websites...

asked Feb 14 '12 at 06:39
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Patrickgamer
234 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.88K Views
Tech cofounder equity

Possible Duplicate: How to Divide Up Your Company's Equity I am teaming up with two co-founders to build a web platform. The two partners are business guys while I am the sole techie. I am in...

asked Feb 14 '12 at 05:18
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Keith
6 points

0 Votes
4 Answers
4.5K Views
How would you convince a domain owner to sell his domain to you?

I'm wanting to have a domain name for my business that has already been registered by someone but that he is not using. He is offering it to me for $1000 (which is too much for me) and I offered...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 16:04
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Aditya
18 points

1 Votes
0 Answers
2.15K Views
percentage for revenue developer and sales man

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? Im a developer of mobile apps [mostly iOS, a bit of android]. I work by day on iOS development, with a few...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 14:21
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Ma Ko
106 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.33K Views
Can I manage(make money off ) a start up in the USA from another country?

I'm currently outside of the USA. I worked there before for about a year. I have got a SSN. I know that there are sites where you can start a LLC, which i'm planning to do. They also offer...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 13:31
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Jay
11 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.98K Views
Disadvantages of using a photo as a logo

I am considering using a small picture as my logo. The picture is of the Earth shaped into a light bulb. What could be the disadvantages of not using a drawing as a logo?

asked Feb 13 '12 at 09:08
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David
1,567 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.75K Views
Commission or Compensation for a Regional Outside Salesman for a Product-Based Business?

My Company & Personal Background I have never hired/managed a sales person, but I would like to hire my first. From when I founded the company 3 years ago up until now, I've only received...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 08:09
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Clint
695 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.09K Views
What are the startup costs involved with starting and operating an e-Learning service?

I was just wondering what start-up costs would be for an e-learning service. I plan to start one geared at providing supplementary content for school children in the vein of Khan Academy and such....

asked Feb 13 '12 at 06:41
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Methuselah
105 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.35K Views
Getting users to trust a virtual currency

I am about to build a service where a virtual currency is a vital part. The kind of virtual money, I am talking about here something, which is conceptually equivalent to money in a game like second...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 04:58
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David
1,567 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
3.17K Views
Proper way to get share in US company for non-US citizen

I was working for quite a time with US company which is S Corporation. Now we are planning to continue as partners and I should get 10% of the company. As far as I understand I cant be a...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 01:59
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Igor Romanov
118 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.78K Views
Filing US income taxes for income from working from home for Bahamas-based company

I am a salesman for a Bahamas based domain name registrar and hosting company. I work out of NY from my home and am a US citizen. How do I report my income to the IRS? The company I work for...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 01:52
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Gian Guisi
6 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.31K Views
How to find developers to use my product?

We are developing back-end web services for app developers. We developed Windows Phone 7 client and working on clients for other platforms. How can we reach developers (especially Windows Phone 7)...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 01:06
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App Dev Ca
9 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.65K Views
A very simple multi-currency accounting system

I run a small limited company in the UK which requires very simple bookkeeping. The company sales online services (internet apps) and the only costs the company have are: domain and...

asked Feb 12 '12 at 22:58
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Lukeshek
452 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.44K Views
Dividing equity among cofounders when one person is doing most of the work

I shared my startup idea with two of my best friends and it seemed like a great thing to do at the time. The entire thing basically revolves around a particular kind of content and let's just say...

asked Feb 12 '12 at 20:44
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Aviraldg
111 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
5.12K Views
Selling assets of my company, can I treat as capital gains tax at 15%?

I've been approached by people wanting to buy the assets (not stock) of my company (single member llc) which consist primarily of my mobile app its source code the server code that supports the...

asked Feb 12 '12 at 10:39
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Kirk
26 points

8 Votes
5 Answers
3.66K Views
Should I quit the company I founded?

I will try to make this short. About nine months ago my ex boss offered to invest in a company for me. Our relationship even when it was not romantic was deeply emotional. I care a lot about him as...

asked Feb 12 '12 at 08:40
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Jessica
41 points