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Paypal automated pay/receive and success notice with business account? (what if I don't have a business?)

I would like to know if is possible to create a system that pay/receive automatically based on what is happening in the site. I would like to know after a payment that it has succeeded or not in...

asked Dec 11 '11 at 09:58
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Totty
108 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.84K Views
Three-person startup not sure which state to incorporate in

Currently forming a three-person startup; our members live in Tampa, Florida & Hayward, California & Arlington, Virginia. It will be a politics-based web game, and we are reasonably sure...

asked Dec 11 '11 at 07:33
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Fox
126 points

5 Votes
4 Answers
2.69K Views
How do we get mentor/advisor support for a new incubator program?

Few of us, recent MBA grads, just launched an incubator for start ups in consumer goods and B2B business services. Already have a small team and a few qualified companies in the first class of the...

asked Dec 11 '11 at 04:50
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Kpin
26 points

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2 Answers
2.84K Views
Exit Strategy and ROI Calculation

I had started a professional services business few years back. While starting up, I had raised some investment through friends and have given them a stake in the company. Over the years, I have...

asked Dec 10 '11 at 20:57
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John
1 point

5 Votes
1 Answers
2.49K Views
Estimating Sales Compensation

I've been operating under the assumption that I want to set the commission rate for my commission only sales reps based on: (# of sales) * (average deal value) * (r) = compensation or r = c/(N*V)....

asked Dec 9 '11 at 18:21
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Umassthrower
458 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.41K Views
Do I have enough money?

I have a budget of $10,000 with a generous $5000 emergany bank to build an information/data site which i want to have ecommerce/video streaming/large forum area/gallery and how to areas etc. the...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 16:54
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Smee
9 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.74K Views
Can you explain this angel Investment term sheet?

My startup received a Terms Sheet from an investor and my co-founder and I are trying to figure out if they are saying that they are going to want 30% of our profits at the end of every year or if...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 10:04
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Tom Delaney
16 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
2.57K Views
Can an owner give some of his equity back to the company so that it can be used to raise more money?

If an owner has 50% of the company, and the remaining 50% is spoken for by friends and family, is it possible for the owner to "voluntarily" give some of his equity back to the company (at no...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 08:16
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User14924
21 points

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who can qualify to be a co-founder?

I am working on my project full-time w/o income for a while, now it's getting to the end and I need someone with marketing experience to on board and help out, and a technical guy for final...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 06:47
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Tom
197 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
5.69K Views
Bookkeeping practices for a website using electronic payments (e.g. Paypal)

I am in the process of setting up an accounting "system" (well set of procedures etc). For most businesses, the books of original entry include: Sales Day Book Sales Return Day Book As I...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 04:23
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Morpheous
23 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.55K Views
What are some startup perks?

I interviewed for a NYC startup who told me their perks are free groceries from an online grocer, an office kitchen with nice appliances, and he has no problem with me bringing a sleeping bag to...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 03:40
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Len
376 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.37K Views
Why do the most popular and successful startups generally have founders from the top 10 universities?

Pretty much, you see ["Harvard", "Stanford", "MIT", "Yale", "Princeton",...] ubiquitously in the bios of startup founders. Sure, in some cases they may have dropped out, but none the less they got...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 03:28
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Len
376 points

-1 Votes
1 Answers
1.76K Views
making money from custom built iPhone apps

The price of mobile custom built apps varies significantly from customer to customer based not only on the techical requirements of the app, but on who the client is. I consider targeting...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 02:11
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Ryan
147 points

11 Votes
5 Answers
3.51K Views
Finding a start-up partner as a developer

I have been coding solutions since like the dawn of time, at least that's how it feels, and I love it so now I want to help found a new start up or help an existing start up that needs a technical...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 01:32
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Tim
670 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
2.28K Views
What tools & techniques you use to stay on track for daily goals and tasks at hand?

As we are evolving our product for customers, lots of distractions come in including new ideas from existing customers, support issues etc. What tools do you use 1) to Keep track or log of...

asked Dec 9 '11 at 01:11
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Sonu Bansal
68 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.51K Views
Looking for a one-stop-solution to setup a subscription-based service

I am looking for a one-stop-solution to setup a subscription-based service: [subscription page] + [payment] + [Delivery of username/password] + [access to tool based on username / password] I do...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 22:11
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Tucson
714 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
4.74K Views
How to do effective marketing of a software design and development company to win more clients/projects?

We are a small software design and development company with expertise in the areas on facebook apps, iphone, android apps development. Most of our clients/projects have come from sites like Elance,...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 19:44
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Ali
179 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
4.73K Views
What kind of project collaboration tools are used in a lean startup

We would like to understand the kind of tools which are used by other startup(s) for maintaining their projects. Project hosting (SVN or Git) - We have finalized on using Git. Email collaboration...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 17:33
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Priya
111 points

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3 Answers
2.77K Views
Where to look for Japanese speaking tech. co-founder?

I have a sort of "specific" dilemma. I am a founder of start-up (business networking platform) which target market is East Asia and Japan being one of the most important markets. Our beta is ready...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 17:31
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Peter K.
194 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
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Sweating the Small stuff and Creating an MVP

http://www.fastcompany.com/1798504/to-create-something-exceptional-do-sweat-the-small-stuff In this article, Box's CEO states that perfection is everything in a startup. Does this contradict the...

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asked Dec 8 '11 at 13:53
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Allen
8 points