Questions

I have a new business idea and am talking to consultants and potential employees. I would like to get these people under non-disclosure / non-competes. However, both the other company and I reside...

Legal California NDA Non Compete

asked Nov 29 '11 at 09:47

Brianb
21 points

We're two co founders, I'm the tech, he is the business end. We want to bring on a graphic designer (since the stuff we've gotten 2/3 times on Guru.com was awful). We currently have begun raising...

Equity Startup Costs

asked Nov 29 '11 at 08:28

Meow
137 points

TL;DR: "A client contracts us to build the engine for Warcraft I, does client have right to stop us using the same engine for let's say.... Skyrim?" (No contracts have been signed YET) Actual...

Outsourcing Legal Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Nov 29 '11 at 08:01

Peter Peng
31 points

We're a Canadian company and are talking with a prospective client from Nigeria, Africa. We've never dealt outside of our province, let alone our country, so we're not sure if there's anything to...

International

asked Nov 29 '11 at 04:24

Mirov
384 points

I am an Audiologist and have started a couple of clinics with a friend. He already owns a full-time clinic and now we have started two visiting sites of that permanent site. I have left my job and...

Equity Partnerships

asked Nov 29 '11 at 02:08

Ash Sahni
11 points

I run a business developing my own software that I license out, but also coding projects for businesses at hourly rate. So clients employ me as a contractor to do this. Many of these projects are...

Legal Intellectual Property

asked Nov 28 '11 at 20:49

Roger
52 points

I am in the process of figuring out what business plan would be most appropriate for my online service. Essentially, the questions I'm asking myself are: Can internet companies survive on...

Business Plan

asked Nov 28 '11 at 08:21

Randomblue
154 points

I've checked out Amazon EC2, RackSpace, And Linode, They're great actually but each has its pros and cons. EC2 offers 5 IP's already without request, but it's impossible to associate multiple IP's...

Hosting

asked Nov 28 '11 at 05:31

Ryan
139 points

I've made my first effort to promote my soon to be released mobile application, by making a landing page for it and posting to reddit.com and now, stack exchange. The application is a special kind...

Saas Promotion Mobile

asked Nov 28 '11 at 03:49

Tom Dignan
114 points

I'm having a dispute with someone who has a commerce website, they want to maintain a professional image and prefer not to reveal to [potential] customers that they are in fact an entrepreneur...

Ecommerce Entrepreneurs Website

asked Nov 27 '11 at 22:09

Mantorok
113 points

Im located in Minneapolis,Mn. Im starting up an online business here in U.S with market focus in Africa.Im building an e-commerce (auction) site for the growing African savvy internet users. I am...

Ecommerce Entrepreneurs Partnerships Web Dev

asked Nov 27 '11 at 17:43

Onu Kaycee F
21 points

From reading a number of books on social media marketing, it seems that way to use Twitter is to build relationships in that universe that ultimately lead to greater traction for your principle...

Twitter

asked Nov 27 '11 at 11:04

D Moore
174 points

I'm planning to build an addon for a platform, can I register a domain name with that platform's name in it? i.e. iphone-flashlight.com firefox-debugger.com search-onstartups.com What do you...

Legal Trademark Domain Name

asked Nov 27 '11 at 01:11

The Dictator
2,305 points

I developed a new service for iPhone developers which allows them to ask quick questions from their users and get rapid feedback. The product is now in beta (which means it's already finished and...

Marketing Launch Iphone

asked Nov 26 '11 at 22:41

Roman
253 points

I have an LLC set up, and am learning my way with regards to keeping books etc. I was told recently that I can use the business bank account to pay up to 50% of my rent (being that I am the owner,...

LLC Business Bank Account

asked Nov 26 '11 at 20:14

Zakman411
174 points

My planned company name ends with "ch", - let's say it's "Velocity Reasearch". velocityreseach.com and velocityresear.ch are both available. Is using a TLD like .ch in this way considered a gimmick...

Website Domain Name

asked Nov 26 '11 at 20:11

Paperjam
394 points

I have a very specific situation regarding a potential cofounder, and would be really grateful for your feedback. I'm working on a LBS mobile app for meeting new people in real-life. I'm in my...

Co-Founder Technical

asked Nov 26 '11 at 17:08

Derek
11 points

We are building software for a medium-sized company 'X'. Software is unique but strongly depends on data which the company 'X' can gather and plug into the software. We develop that exclusively...

Pricing Software Customer Service

asked Nov 26 '11 at 05:47

James
102 points

OK, now I have my landing page with a signup form ready. Now how do I promote it to get early adopters? Should I: Pay a content farm to put backlinks to the page Pay adwords to get traffic Find a...

Beta Promotion Early Adopters Landing Page

asked Nov 26 '11 at 05:41

Adib
293 points

As the title says I need to read e-commerce and e-payment related laws of the following countries: Canada, USA, European Union, Philipinnes, South Korea, UK, China. Links are appreciated? My...

Ecommerce Payments Legal Documents

asked Nov 25 '11 at 21:04

Asterisk
116 points