Questions

Everyone has their own ideas. Some patented ideas may be useful for company growth. Many companies look for innovative ideas. Is there any place to post patented ideas so that companies seeking...

Ideas Patent Selling

asked Dec 18 '11 at 21:06

Gimp
427 points

I am really stressed out. I launched about a week ago. So far there were 11 downloads of the free version. I had 2 pre-sale questions about the product. There have been no sales. I advertise that...

Marketing Software Conversion

asked Dec 18 '11 at 15:54

Gagwgw
227 points

There is a lot of hype about cloud solutions and I am considering whether to develop a piece of software to be sold in the Enterprise Segment as a cloud solution or as a regular software solution...

Enterprise Cloud

asked Dec 18 '11 at 12:51

David
1,567 points

We are from NJ. Our start up consists of 2 people. Previously, all of our clients were through our contacts, so we just accepted cheques for payment and deposited them in our Bank of America small...

LLC Payments Canada USA

asked Dec 18 '11 at 11:25

Varchar1
33 points

Just curious: for the startups here, who prepared your cap table--the Excel spreadsheet showing ownership of your equity, and reflecting conversions of debt, future financings, etc.? You (your...

Equity

asked Dec 18 '11 at 09:20

User6492
1,747 points

I came with an idea, it is mainly a small internet company that will help and guide people with no or little experience with computers and internet. Something like e-learning. My main problem is...

Marketing Strategy Branding

asked Dec 18 '11 at 05:58

Nikolai
125 points

I own a SaaS app with a subscription model. When I (hopefully) eventually switch from PayPal to a merchant account, where should I keep the income from subscriptions? Some people have told me to...

Merchant Account

asked Dec 18 '11 at 05:55

Rick Button
113 points

We are bootstrapping and offering equity. We're seeking a front end developer. We posted on startuply.com but are looking for other places. We used one location on craigslist. Anywhere else we...

Development Equity Employees Startupvisa

asked Dec 18 '11 at 04:29

John Deer
11 points

I just launched my landing page a few days ago,and I'm already fearful that I won't succeed, which may be unrealistic considering how early I am in the process. I've started working through The...

Statistics Conversion Landing Page

asked Dec 17 '11 at 22:16

Levi Campbell
118 points

I am 1 year into my own Startup Software business and all is going well. We have enough money to hire someone and after pushing 90-130 hours a week for the last 4 months, I think it's a sensible...

Hiring Employees Education Contractor

asked Dec 17 '11 at 19:45

Optician
106 points

I wanted to start a US business - despite being based in the UK - because the US is where most of my target market is (besides suppliers). I've read on PayPal's site...

Ecommerce

asked Dec 17 '11 at 19:15

Jason.Ppdev
35 points

I've been working on a web app for 4 months, and did some usability testing with about 10 people today, with mixed results. Some people said they hated my design, others had no comment about it,...

Launch Website

asked Dec 17 '11 at 14:36

Mark Hill
33 points

Technical Background: I have an application that relies heavily on the Twitter API. This app is genuinely very useful for Twitter users across the board but especially for Twitter users who want to...

Marketing Ideas Twitter Promotion

asked Dec 17 '11 at 09:35

Chamilyan
353 points

When my company first got setup and registered domains, we were unable to get the .com of our company name, as it was already registered. We have all of the other top level domains for our name...

Legal Trademark Domain

asked Dec 17 '11 at 03:31

Bwasson
1,162 points

When getting backlinks, should I point them to https://www.site.com or http://www.site.com? for reference, when someone goes on my site by typing in http://www.site.com or www.site.com they get...

SEO

asked Dec 16 '11 at 17:05

Dmurtagh
157 points

I'm looking into the equity for the 2nd employee of an early-stage startup. I've seen lots of rules of thumbs out there (some people say 1%) but it's hard to apply because some rules of thumb refer...

Equity Employees Founders Compensation

asked Dec 16 '11 at 15:58

Led
16 points

My company in Hong Kong is selling handphone accessories. We also have an online store. Because we have increasing customers in US, we are thinking to incorporate a company in US. This is to...

Incorporation Foreign Tax Resellers Distribution

asked Dec 16 '11 at 14:12

Paul12
18 points

I will launch a new SAAS (software as service) invoicing app for the iPad. This is in late-stage development. My startup is small, and I want a clear picture on the cost of the project, and...

Software Launch Cost Estimation

asked Dec 16 '11 at 08:35

Mamcx
113 points

So, I started working on a project, and I have a shortage of good team members. The project is kind of secret and I would not like to share details about the project. I could advertise on the web...

Getting Started Team

asked Dec 16 '11 at 04:44

C0da
111 points

I am a software developer and I have been working with a few others in a startup for just over a year. However there has been a lot of conflicts lately and I can no longer work with them. I have...

Legal Shares

asked Dec 16 '11 at 03:43

James Gu
103 points