Questions

I often read the suggestion to validate a business idea doing a marketing campaign (Adwords, Facebook...) and leading to a "sales" page for a product that doesn't exist yet and check if there...

Marketing Validation Landing Page

asked Sep 24 '11 at 22:36

Danmaz74
381 points

Specifically for web/software, how do you know whether it is better to invest time developing the product alone or in a small team versus shelling out hard earned money to get it developed quickly...

Getting Started Development

asked Sep 24 '11 at 17:19

Hagope
106 points

I would like to know how price comparison websites make money. Do use pay per click or other revenue models? Please be as detailed as possible and cite your sources. Thank you!

Pricing Sales Ecommerce

asked Sep 24 '11 at 15:40

Joao
6 points

I was offered a position of software engineer at a company of 3 people, but it's technically just one (more on that later). I was offered just about market value for an entry software engineer in...

Equity

asked Sep 24 '11 at 15:31

Butch
16 points

I am just wondering why most standard web 2.0 websites have the main call to action button on the homepage send the visitor to the pricing page? This is assuming a pretty typical navigation...

Website Conversion

asked Sep 24 '11 at 14:45

Joel Friedlaender
5,007 points

Top level domains are going to cost a lot to register so for instance www.drink.coke could be around $100,000+. However, once .coke has been registered, would it be cheaper to then register let's...

Domain

asked Sep 24 '11 at 13:50

Nextgenneo
327 points

How do I declare my income if all of it comes from paypal ? Most accountants in Portugal (where I live and where this company will be based) don't know how it works... Do I declare it only when I...

Ecommerce Legal Tax Income

asked Sep 24 '11 at 09:04

João Pinto Jerónimo
118 points

After reading and reading about taxes, I think I've grasped which taxes I should pay and when to pay them. Still, it'd be really great if someone could confirm I have it right. I will appreciate...

LLC Tax California

asked Sep 24 '11 at 06:55

Claudia
52 points

Many successfull former startups are currently well-established companies in BigData space. That means that their key technical competence is in handling the large volumes of data. Question is:...

Technology Scale Bigdata

asked Sep 24 '11 at 06:51

Tom Burger
108 points

What does tagging your new website as 'beta' say to your potential customers. We intend a 'soft' launch to our website and are not planning any significant marketing at this period. We intend to...

Marketing Launch Website Beta Branding

asked Sep 24 '11 at 04:27

Dan Mac Bean
151 points

I have received an RFP from a small company to build an Android app. They have asked for a time/cost estimation together with a time chart for the given product specification (which is 25 pages +...

Software Project Management Proposal

asked Sep 23 '11 at 22:46

Brown And Friendly
43 points

Well I am trying to raise capital for upcoming IPO's.I would appreciate for the answer of these questions. 1.What are the requirements for raising capital by Private placement memorandum...

Business Plan Investment Investors Stocks Fundraising

asked Sep 23 '11 at 21:29

Himanshu Prasad
51 points

I have started a small startup online business. I need to drive traffic to the site and create new users - a classic "inbound marketing" problem. I have seen that people have asked similar...

Getting Started Inbound Marketing Traffic Micro Startup Registration

asked Sep 23 '11 at 19:33

Slightly Dillusioned Startup Guy
48 points

I was shocked to see that www.spypig.com patents are not found in patent search and my friend patented that procedure as his idea and submitted and received the patent rights. Now can he send a...

Patent

asked Sep 23 '11 at 19:07

Gimp
427 points

I know that many people avoid buying a "ProductX 1.0" product, thinking of it as buggy and wait for polished future versions. Instead, what about calling it "ProductX 2011" (using the year instead...

Marketing Software

asked Sep 23 '11 at 16:31

Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

I got an offer from my friend in a startup company with $30K/year (take into account it's not in a "hot" spot like Silicon Valley or NY, but yeah, it's not high in any standards, and the job's in a...

Equity Job Offer Salary Stock Options

asked Sep 23 '11 at 16:13

Anh Pham
109 points

Following up on the recent question about diluting the stock in this board, I would like to find out more about what do you recommend is a standard number of shares to issue for a new star-up. To...

Getting Started Web Services Shares

asked Sep 23 '11 at 16:00

Peter K.
194 points

I'm on an F-1 visa. Would it be possible to be a co-founder (other founders being US citizens) in a startup incorporated as a C-corp. Thanks

Co-Founder Visa

asked Sep 23 '11 at 11:45

Anon1234
6 points

I’ve funded a startup with 4 more friends (my fault, but keep reading) and I am taking care of nearly everything. To put you into perspective, we are setting up something with the same...

Co-Founder Profit Sharing

asked Sep 23 '11 at 10:54

Electric
8 points

I have a LLC registered in NJ, and am thinking of moving out of state. What costs will I incur transferring the LLC to another state (if that is possible)? Will I have to dissolve the LLC in NJ and...

LLC Registration

asked Sep 23 '11 at 04:55

William C
106 points