Questions

In Europe, there is enormous tax differences between high tax and low-tax jurisdictions for holding IP (for example 60% for owners of a "3:12" Swedish company vs 5% for a Luxembourg IP...

Tax Intellectual Property

asked Jan 23 '12 at 09:11

User239558
228 points

I have a few ideas about how to find sponsors for a startup related event, but I'm interested in getting feedback. My objective is to either leverage their sponsorship to get more people to attend,...

Corporate Sponsorship Sponsorship

asked Jan 23 '12 at 07:16

Blunders .
899 points

I live in Austria, Europe. I am a software developer and I would like to distribute my software under the name of my company. So I consider the following: I might want to register the name for...

Company Logo Trademark Name

asked Jan 23 '12 at 02:38

Martin
130 points

I'm curious about affiliate linking from my iOS app to products in the iTunes store. This seems like a great idea: just downloading my app implies users have entered their credit card information...

Affiliate Apps Niche

asked Jan 23 '12 at 02:38

Mr Database
129 points

I have heard that there is lot has been done to make the European market tightly integrated (universal regulations across European Union, etc). So, I wonder if it is easier now to create a...

Scale Regulation

asked Jan 23 '12 at 02:22

Martin Lee
120 points

I run a company that’s self funded and does not intend to go public (this might change due to the nature of the business). I have started to experience scale and traction, which means that I will...

Equity Stock Options Stocks

asked Jan 23 '12 at 00:01

Quintin
101 points

Three questions: Can I register a company/ business in the US on H-1B visa? Does an online business need to be registered with the state or country? If answers to the above are yes, then what's...

California Online

asked Jan 22 '12 at 14:32

Foo
6 points

I am a fifteen year old Web and iPhone developer. I'm looking to get apps published on the App Store under a business name. So, this leads me to a few questions. (I already have a bought...

Software Legal Tax Business Iphone

asked Jan 22 '12 at 14:24

Crystal
51 points

I am planning into getting involved in a venture in an asian country. I have a friend from this country that has an experience in the kind of business I want to be involved in and that has “ built...

Ideas Venture Partnership Intellectual Property Project

asked Jan 22 '12 at 13:37

Ongoing
13 points

We are looking at developing a new product but want to get the market research right first up. It's a time keeping application with some secret sauce. We have brain stormed a range of vertical...

Marketing Products

asked Jan 22 '12 at 10:49

Robin Vessey
8,394 points

I've built a fantastic reporting tool that can be sold to small to medium size companies. ReportingMate is the only reporting software I know that doesn't use report designers and allows...

Business Selling Business

asked Jan 22 '12 at 08:13

User15860
11 points

I am facing a dilemma: Currently my mobile/web development start-up company is working on two non-profit projects, that may find an audience and therefore promote the company's name among mobile...

Software Outsourcing Non Profit Website

asked Jan 22 '12 at 05:04

Maxim V. Pavlov
217 points

I've come over from Stack Overflow. I'm currently working full time as a web site developer, and like many people have got a bit fed up of working for someone else and want to set my own business...

Getting Started Work Life Business

asked Jan 22 '12 at 04:51

Space Beers
168 points

I'm a foreign entrepreneur, If a US investor shows interest in investing in my company. At what stage do i have to meet them? do you think it's worth it to spend $2000 in travel expenses and yet...

Funding Venture Capital

asked Jan 22 '12 at 02:19

Ryan
139 points

If I sell a product for, say, £1000, and a buyer in another country pays me via a bank transfer, should I expect them to pay the bank charges? Is it something that should be explicit on the invoice...

Payments Bank Money

asked Jan 21 '12 at 23:42

Swisstony
108 points

Do websites with pictures of people on the first page make the company look more "human", therefore contributing to the success of the product or service the web site tries to promote? Short...

Employees Website People

asked Jan 21 '12 at 11:27

Maxim V. Pavlov
217 points

This may be similar to a previously asked question ( What is standard marketing practice for a niche SAAS product? ) but I'm hoping that by providing a bit more detail, others will have additional...

Marketing Saas Niche

asked Jan 21 '12 at 10:59

Shawn
6 points

There are 5 other members in the startup and they work in different locations. We are looking for online meeting software suitable for a small distributed workforce. It has to support at least...

Software Distribution Online

asked Jan 21 '12 at 09:00

Ryan Rho
53 points

I want to figure out if what I've noticed about AngelList is correct or not. So, I have a startup, for which profile is created and populated. It's bootstrapped, and doesn't have any investors yet....

Angellist

asked Jan 21 '12 at 08:15

Dmitry Grinberg
44 points

I know this is TL;DR material but I'm just trying to sort this out and feel I might need an outsiders view. I was approached to become the CTO and co-founder of a startup. The founder pitched me...

Equity Legal Partnerships

asked Jan 21 '12 at 05:57

Graham
108 points