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So I read this question on how to split a start ownership fairly. Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? There the answer says that we should split the ownsership...
195 points
This is a little complicated, but I have an interested group of angels asking for how much for 10%-20% of my company. I have no clue what to tell them, or what my valuation is. It is a B2B Saas...
What is a popular way to build the team of a start up software business that takes on contract work from other companies? Additional info I founded a small company with a team of web+mobile...
170 points
What specific actions lead to getting users to try your new product?
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So the idea for my startup which we have been also sharing with few incubators wasn't well received during the last 3 months. And now we find out that during this time the same has been developed...
73 points
I am happily employed as a software developer currently and have no plans to leave. An amazing opportunity presented itself to my dad that just screamed of a lucrative niche market with only a...
Zynga is requiring some employees to give back their stock options or they will be fired (cnet.com ) It seems like with this approach Pincus made start ups vastly more risky for people to join. In...
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There have been references here to programming tests that are used to hire programmers. Even Joel has written about such tests. While that makes a lot of sense for new or intermediate developers,...
300 points
I am quite experienced in the field of Web Projects and I have a capital (500.000 $). "I am planning"\"I would like" to create a "great" Web site and I noticed that I have two choices: assign the...
Is there an easy way to check where my website ranks in google search for certain keywords? I try searching in google myself, but I am sure the results are altered based on my demographic and...
5,007 points
Delaware C Corp start up spent $$ over two years before folding. No income and all money spent in Israel writing software. No compensation to founders. Must we file 1120 and Form 5471? Need cpa or...
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How old do my kids have to be before I can hire them as employees in my software company (doing clerical tasks)? Clarification : I'm asking what age can I legally (in the US) employee them and pay...
737 points
What are some guidelines or tests I can use to figure out if I have a chance at getting patent for an idea when there are similar, but not identical, patents out there? I don't know how to best...
116 points
I do not have an accounting background so please excuse the point blankness of my question. I'm writing a business plan and saw that several sample plans include depreciation in their financial...
113 points
Following this question: What to do before offering e-services from EU to US? I have another one: A concern has been raised that if you have your servers in the US you may infringe a US patent....
146 points
We make websites and have frequently been in a situation where a site is finished, but the development is dragged on for another month because the client can't find the time to provide the site...
Planning to export e-services (online services, Internet-based, SaaS) from a EU-based company to the US market, what are key things to consider ?
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This is sort of a follow up to a post a few months back. I recently converted a solo software project into a "business" (in quotes because it has a non-profit motivation and I make very little at...
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My co-founder and I are in the very early stages of launching our website. My day job is in finance, a highly-intense industry, to say the least. I very rarely have downtime during the day and our...
108 points
At what point in a boot-strapped startup do you know its time to go for the gold and have both co-founders go full-time with an idea? Currently, I'm the sole technical person. I'm finishing up...
56 points
