Questions

I and a friend are looking at a start up for a web product. He has come up with an idea and was looking at assembling a team in India for developing a prototype for the product. He is based in...

Partnership

asked Oct 16 '11 at 23:57

Esha
1 point

I don't know if this is the right place, but in our startup, we were discussing the distant future for us. Suppose a software company just sells superior software a low cost and overall becomes the...

Legal

asked Oct 16 '11 at 07:10

Mirov
384 points

What is a cost of using a credit card processor? How much does it cost to set up for a small startup (lets say, a small store or a restaurant), what are the fees of using the processor, and what...

Startup Costs Cost Credit Cards

asked Oct 16 '11 at 04:42

The Piachu
113 points

I am developing an online utility application. My partners and I have struggled to come up with a profitable business model. We were thinking that we could sell server space to allow people to put...

Freemium

asked Oct 16 '11 at 02:09

Matt
20 points

I would like to provide a minibus service: a customer makes an order through a web page and a minibus picks this customer up to ride him anywhere he wants. The payment is done by a credit card on...

License

asked Oct 15 '11 at 20:57

User13862
4 points

We've heard from several formerly wildly successful software/webapp companies using the freemium business model that it is no longer working well. Does anyone have any validation to this? And if...

Pricing Business Model Freemium Web App

asked Oct 15 '11 at 05:10

Sydney Stavrou
21 points

Me and my brother have a limited company, with 1 angel investor. We sell software we have written ourselves, mainly to individuals but we will be looking at educational institutions soon. Our...

Insurance

asked Oct 15 '11 at 01:20

Tom
480 points

I am starting an online b2b networking portal. It is somewhat comparable to linkedin in a sense that most of the content is user generated, meaning more users it has more attractive service...

Pricing Beta Freemium

asked Oct 14 '11 at 22:56

Peter K.
194 points

So this is my situation: I've got an idea and I don't have much programming skills - I'm 16 and about to start uni for the first time in a couple of months and I'm in for Software Engineering....

Getting Started Funding Business Process

asked Oct 14 '11 at 17:18

Tushar747
11 points

There's a really nice info graph on techcrunch explaining dilution of stock. http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/understanding-how-dilution-affects-you-at-a-startup/ After reading it I wonder if...

Venture Capital Investors

asked Oct 14 '11 at 11:53

Peter K.
194 points

I understand the whole process of how equity should be divided, but what is the actual technical process of distributing equity? Is it a contract? How does someone sell their equity? If I want to...

Co-Founder Equity Shares

asked Oct 14 '11 at 10:42

Nick Anderegg
106 points

As a freelancer I am putting together a strong online portfolio/website to offer my services. I am putting the usual things in (blog/about/portfolio etc.) but I was thinking of creating a few...

Pricing Website

asked Oct 14 '11 at 05:32

Timmy O'mahony
118 points

I've recently registered a domain name, but was contacted by a big-name toy company recently, saying my domain name infringed on their trademark. The domain name does contain a toy's name (within...

Legal Trademark Domain

asked Oct 14 '11 at 04:43

Locuz
11 points

I am in a conundrum. Accelerator programs such as YCombinator and TechStars advise entrepreneurs to apply as early as possible for additional consideration. However they stress out that they are...

Recommendations

asked Oct 14 '11 at 04:03

Rjgonzo
157 points

For a new website, he paid a deposit of $210 (30%). He looked through our porfolio, and got about 1/4 way through before saying "Awesome. Let's start!". We for him 2 design images and he didn't...

Contract Business

asked Oct 13 '11 at 23:33

Mirov
384 points

A local start up team here in Taiwan is looking for mobile application UX & UI specialists... but here on the ground while there are great designers not many have mobile UX experience. If...

Apps Design Mobile UX

asked Oct 13 '11 at 19:02

Long Winter
271 points

I sell a software which I registered with some download sites. They generate a lot of traffic in downloading and distributing the demo but don't generate much visitors or sales in relation to this....

Sales Advertising

asked Oct 13 '11 at 16:18

Amenti
167 points

When starting a small software business what would be ideal and why? I mean in the context of technologies 1- Stick with only one technology ( ex: only Java ) 2- Go for several technologies (...

Getting Started Software Decision Small Business

asked Oct 13 '11 at 13:40

D Shan
68 points

I'm interested in understanding the state of what I'll call "desktop micro ISVs" in the U.S. in 2011. By this I mean one-person computer software companies, creating desktop computer software, and...

Software Business Micro Startup

asked Oct 13 '11 at 12:48

Chelonian
146 points

Component vendors like Syncfusion and Infragistics often make source code available to their customers (at an additional fee). Some benefits of this would appear to be: Enable customers to make...

Pricing License Legal

asked Oct 13 '11 at 07:09

Paul Stovell
204 points