Questions

If you hire somebody to develop a product for you, and they take the credit and the idea and make a success out of it, is it possible to have them sign a document stating that if they steal the...

Legal Legal Documents

asked Oct 24 '11 at 06:09

Michael Grigsby
111 points

I current own my own business and make quite a bit of profit. Well I am looking into other things and found some friends that have a good idea that I am interested in. These friends only have the...

Co-Founder Investing Investors

asked Oct 24 '11 at 04:46

Cappy
26 points

I was reading this article about Groupon in the CS Monitor. Which starts from the assumption that the significantly decreased proposed valuation of Groupon in their IPO to $12+/- million from $25...

Growth

asked Oct 24 '11 at 04:31

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

I've been developing an online trading algorithm as a hobby project for 3 months during the summer. It seems that two more people will join to me, due to external circumstances not entirely up to...

Trust Secret Sauce Profit Sharing Income

asked Oct 23 '11 at 21:30

Siamii
195 points

We are a consulting company that builds web and mobile apps for our clients. We have been asked if we accept some portion of compensation in equity. We do actually want to for some of our clients,...

Equity Consulting

asked Oct 22 '11 at 11:15

Sam Mc Afee
118 points

So I have a start up I am working on and given that I am a technical person I have been out looking for a business co-founder. I approached a former co-worker of mine with business experience and...

Funding Co-Founder

asked Oct 22 '11 at 10:40

David Mokon Bond
234 points

So I am currently developing a web project with is SaaS, I'm committed to the project, but in order to judge the market while I work on it I was considering doing a some blogs post about the...

Saas Beta Product Launch Press Release

asked Oct 22 '11 at 10:04

E Wizard Ii
150 points

A few people have recommended the "E-Myth Revisited" book to me (and its on Joel reading list IIRC) and it gets very consistently good...

Management

asked Oct 22 '11 at 03:30

Ryan
1,365 points

Hi anyone that can help! I have a UK limited company which is web based. I am thinking of spending anything upto 12 months in CA and wondered if its legal for me to carry on running my UK business...

UK Legal

asked Oct 22 '11 at 02:40

Rob Phillips
16 points

I am wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get your startup featured on TV? I have had some success getting written about on some blogs, but nothing that non startup / tech people would see.

Marketing Launch Advertising

asked Oct 22 '11 at 01:08

B Sherratt
11 points

Is there a video conference app(preferably an iPad app) that would allow two people to view the same screen. For example, revising a slide or browsing while chatting and collaborating. Ivisit do...

Recommendations

asked Oct 22 '11 at 00:36

Logi Kal
37 points

I came across a somewhat catchy 6 letter name that had a domain still available. I snapped it up but then found out that splitting the name has a meaning in another language that, while not bad, is...

Name

asked Oct 21 '11 at 23:49

Jesse Vogt
118 points

I'm in the U.S. My customer in Taiwan says: Please kindly provide the unit price (based on DDU Taiwan) and L/T. What does "DDU Taiwan" and "L/T" mean? My company has not shipped anything...

Terms And Conditions Exporting

asked Oct 21 '11 at 21:46

Bstpierre
422 points

We outsourced development (out of the country) to get a prototype of our site put together. The developer estimated 8 weeks for the project, but admitted that they could not guarantee that it might...

Contract Development Deliverability

asked Oct 21 '11 at 20:17

D Moore
174 points

I founded and was running a twitter tool all by myself. I was the sole Founder, CEO,CFO and whatnot. But, now that I have sold the tool, what happens to my Founder status? Can I still brag the...

Founder Selling Selling Business

asked Oct 21 '11 at 19:28

Kpl
138 points

I've started as a freelancer and back then I got a friend to design me two business cards that I handle in different situations. Bellow my name I have: IT Consultant, the generic card that I...

Marketing Personal Business Card

asked Oct 21 '11 at 18:04

Fernando Martins
798 points

I am on the verge of being ready to launch a new web application. The application charges a small monthly fee to its users. It is hosted on servers overseas. However, currently, there is no legal...

Web California Legal Documents

asked Oct 21 '11 at 16:54

Guywhoneedsahand
6 points

I am currently employed at a large software company and have recently sprouted a new business idea which I believe (as all true entrepreneurs would) has big potential. The concept would likely...

Venture Capital Legal

asked Oct 21 '11 at 13:03

Razrlite
11 points

I have studied information about other similar businesses in other states and I have spoken to industry experts and they have indicated that traditional advertising has not been effective for my...

Entrepreneurs

asked Oct 21 '11 at 12:34

John Peterson
6 points

Starting to work with our legal team and its time to expand the team. A few questions on the vesting schedule. Employee 1: CFO position I am bringing in a CFO from a financial background with...

Equity Stock Options Vesting

asked Oct 21 '11 at 12:11

Eric Littleton
107 points