Questions

Background I've been working on a video game for android devices (i.e. an app) for some months now, and I'm getting close to completing a solid, well polished product I'm lucky enough to have an...

Funding Finance Apps Loan

asked Jan 25 '12 at 11:32

James Coote
130 points

I have a company that is interested in developing my mobile app idea for me. They are vey interested in ongoing development of it and will even help with marketing. They are asking for a revenue...

Software Profit Sharing

asked Jan 25 '12 at 10:13

Kevin
16 points

I've developed an idea for a mobile application. Based on research, I believe this application has a great worldwide potential and could be commonly used basically in and kind of business. I've...

Ideas Profit Sharing

asked Jan 25 '12 at 09:11

Matej Zlodej
273 points

I'm considering setting up affiliate marketing (probably with someone like ShareASale) for my vertical market app. (It's installed Windows S/W for churches and charities to track their donors and...

Marketing Affiliate Vertical

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:35

Dan Cooperstock
11 points

Our business accepts payments via credit cards (Google Checkout + PayPal) and also via PayPal directly. We've had several requests from companies in India, stating that they cannot pay with a...

India Payments

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:33

Romkyns
118 points

I'm wondering what, if anything, my company should do about a cease and desist from a huge company. In a nutshell, we received a letter from a senior attorney to "cease any and all use of the trade...

Legal Trademark Name

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:03

Jamie
128 points

My company has finally gotten to a place where we can hire a second developer, and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for doing recruiting (that are hopefully cheap). I've posted to...

Hiring Developers

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:01

Bwasson
1,162 points

I already publish apps for the major platforms but our mobile development has lagged behind. I have my developers working on enhancements to our mobile site functionality, but I'm not sure whether...

Software Development Hosting Platforms Mobile

asked Jan 25 '12 at 02:51

Nicko
840 points

I am soon to launch an interesting network. I have completed product development and currently testing the product. In the course of working on the project, I met an experienced man who loved the...

Equity

asked Jan 24 '12 at 19:13

Marie
11 points

I would like to give away some software I have developed for free on a website as donationware, but rather than see my name when people donate, I would like them to see something more official like...

Payments Business Donations

asked Jan 24 '12 at 17:03

Fentoooon
113 points

I was presented with the following offer and while I'm waiting legal advice, I'm interested to know your opinions. I'm been offered a "co-founder" seat with a bit over 10% in stock options vested...

Co-Founder Job Offer Stock Options

asked Jan 24 '12 at 15:59

Latecomer
11 points

Actually, I know the answer but I don't know how to market my answer. Quick background We're an independent team of 3 developers who write software for a company with 2B in revenue. We've been...

Pricing Software Strategy Money

asked Jan 24 '12 at 10:51

Adhg
250 points

I have a question about what are the best exit options for employees that own shares in a company and want to leave after some time. For example, let's say at the start of a company the first...

Partner Employees Shares Vesting

asked Jan 24 '12 at 09:38

Jfaulkins
111 points

Long story short: I've had my fair share of bad business partners (the ones who were supposed to fill the holes on the business end from legal to marketing to sales). Being a technical person...

Co-Founder Entrepreneurs Technical

asked Jan 24 '12 at 08:06

Bojo
8 points

After reading today's Gamasutra article about Jagex vs Impulse Software, and considering my own academic activities, I suddenly became very concerned with my legal protection. As such I would...

Incorporation Legal Intellectual Property Terms And Conditions

asked Jan 24 '12 at 07:15

Kort Pleco
891 points

For the launch, we're thinking of including all the eventual premium features at no cost, referring to the launch as a public beta. Eventually, once traffic picks up, we would put up a notice...

Launch Beta Freemium

asked Jan 24 '12 at 06:00

Mirov
384 points

I usually like selling our new product, but today I'm not very excited about it. It really reflects on the feeling in my sales-calls. How do I get more excited about it?

Marketing Sales Selling

asked Jan 24 '12 at 01:09

Kristoffer Nolgren
113 points

We have just lauched a website for our upcoming SPARQL Database Server. We would like to attract the interest of international seed investors, but we are not sure where to start looking. We are...

Funding Investment Investors Seed Funding Seed

asked Jan 23 '12 at 22:31

Inge Henriksen
101 points

Recently I've been emailing local VCs with accelerator/partner programs (With only "contactus" and no application forms) in order to apply. The mail was the standard small bit a of background about...

Venture Capital Incubators Demo

asked Jan 23 '12 at 17:17

User744319
94 points

I want to make wooden puzzles out of Star Wars characters and sell them on Etsy. Would this be considered a violation of copyright? They would not be explicitly stated as Star Wars puzzles but I...

Copyright

asked Jan 23 '12 at 12:00

Mecha
13 points