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Soccer clubs (at least in Europe) "own" their players for the duration of the contracts. These players are working for their clubs in a very similar way to employees working for startups. My...

Contract Employees Terms And Conditions

asked Sep 30 '11 at 00:21

David
1,567 points

We have not launched yet, so we have no customers. We are a B2B company. I have used www.kickfu.com for B2C surveys: it's cheap and quick. What are the best options for online B2B surveys?

Marketing B2B Website Survey

asked Sep 29 '11 at 19:22

Etienne
1 point

I purchase products and resell them, adding services that relate to computers and technology. For example, I might purchase a laptop, install custom software and settings according to my customer's...

Tax Accounting Shipping

asked Sep 29 '11 at 11:40

J Yelton
113 points

Either they are $7(register fee) or over $1000? My startup uses a popular keyword so decent .com's are hard to find. Any ideas?

Domain

asked Sep 29 '11 at 08:51

Jeff
1 point

I have been offered consultancy on-the-side of my full-time startup. However, I have no idea how to set my rate. The work is software-based but niche/scientific. I have perfectly-suited experience...

Consulting Rates

asked Sep 29 '11 at 05:46

Paperjam
394 points

I'm in the process of upgrading a 5 year old desktop application, and I'm looking at different ways to generate revenue from existing customers as well as new customers. A new feature that will be...

Software

asked Sep 29 '11 at 02:46

Carlton D
38 points

I'm a student in CS, and I was assuming that all the apps which are delivered for free on appstore (or other markets for android, windows, blackberry) were made by enthusiasm programmers which put...

Apps Free

asked Sep 28 '11 at 20:34

Dole Doug
141 points

What is a reasonable software start-up ownership share between founders when one is more senior, putting in some of his own money and able to raise angel money from friends, while the other two are...

Co-Founder Founder Equity Shares

asked Sep 28 '11 at 15:45

Sasha
16 points

It would seem to me that users would more likely frequent a site that is well marketed (SEO, etc.) rather than one that is technically superior but has less exposure on the web. Going by this it...

Marketing Web Internet

asked Sep 28 '11 at 13:44

Jason
6 points

I'm a vet UX who now finds myself teaching graduate students user experience design. One of the lessons I want to provide my students is a real life application for their work. How do I find...

Free UX

asked Sep 28 '11 at 11:48

Rachel
41 points

One of the ideas to find out if a new product/service is viable to build is see if there's interest in it. One of the methods talked about is to gauge how many people want to buy it. That is people...

Marketing Sales

asked Sep 28 '11 at 09:59

Tony Henrich
283 points

I started a small company almost a year ago now and part of the product is a white sock which is illuminated by flashing LEDs. I'm pretty rubbish at sewing these things together and this is...

Outsourcing

asked Sep 28 '11 at 09:07

Jon Cage
109 points

We have just launched a beta of our website that pays people to share products and services they like with friends in their network who might be interested. We are trying to figure out the best way...

Marketing Advertising PPC Social Pay Per Click

asked Sep 28 '11 at 06:37

Ben Stewart
11 points

I'm planning to file a Delaware LLC for a partnership where I'm the majority owner of our self-funded startup. One key goal for me is to incorporate a vesting option among owners where equity is...

LLC Equity Founders Agreement Delaware Vesting

asked Sep 28 '11 at 05:35

Sheepish
6 points

I have some ideas that I plans to execute later. But for the moment, I want to "secure" the name, logo etc. of the business. I for one cannot seem to figure out the difference between the company...

India Trademark Registration Name

asked Sep 28 '11 at 05:32

Sriram
174 points

I will be speaking with a potential investor soon. And I will be quitting my job to run this startup. I will also be the only one running the startup for at least the first 6 months. How do I...

Funding Salary Investors

asked Sep 28 '11 at 05:12

G Amboo Ka
108 points

I have a well thought out idea for a new startup. The startup will be unrelated to my current small company that is doing quite well. My basic options are to incubate the new startup within my...

Getting Started Launch Incubators Business Model

asked Sep 28 '11 at 02:21

Keith De Long
5,091 points

I don't want to pay for an attorney to write a contract for me. Is there a good convertible note contract template that I can use?

Contract

asked Sep 28 '11 at 00:26

W. Matthew Wilson
104 points

I have a website that sells a software product. My site used to be high up in search results on Google, Yahoo and Bing. Stupidly, I didn't do much with the site for about two months. It slipped in...

Website SEO

asked Sep 27 '11 at 21:39

User6492
1,747 points

I am a founder from China. I am looking for a chance to move to the U.S to build up my company, especially California - a great place for IT companies. The Startup Visa (EB-6) is a great bill, but...

Getting Started Visa Startupvisa

asked Sep 27 '11 at 21:16

Anlai
375 points