Questions

My business partner and I are currently looking for an accountant for our growing business. At the moment we have met with two different accountants. One was a CPA and one was an Enrollment Agent....

Tax Accounting Accountants

asked Sep 2 '11 at 00:25

Edgar Miranda
230 points

I was trying to understand the concept of the business model of Kingdom Of Loathing They were doing stuff like selling T-shirts and cups, so basically I was wondering what are the benefits for...

Pricing Products Finance Business

asked Sep 1 '11 at 23:16

Pacerier
317 points

I want to start an on-line book store and exploring the options on hand. Till now, I have gathered the list of website hosts, budget of dedicated server machines(in case self hosted) and a list of...

Ecommerce

asked Sep 1 '11 at 23:09

Pankaj Upadhyay
156 points

Does it make sense, if someone invest $100k on me and I'd only require $90k, I take $10k and invest it back on some other people?

Investing Business Investment

asked Sep 1 '11 at 18:20

Pacerier
317 points

My wife and I have a very small catering company. We have recently gotten all of the business licenses and tax identification and things set up that we need. We have no full time employees, but we...

Hiring Payroll

asked Sep 1 '11 at 12:23

Cmp
111 points

So, I want to start an e-commerce startup. The problem is that I'm a designer (HTML, CSS, a little bit of Javascript, Photshop, Illustrator), not a programmer. So I can build a design from scratch,...

Ecommerce Partner Scaling

asked Sep 1 '11 at 06:29

Funguy
1 point

I contacted a VC after being introduced by a mutual friend. A couple of days ago I received an email with an arrogant & a little too proud attitude. My options: Ignore him (I'm not dependent...

Equity Venture Capital Personality Investors

asked Sep 1 '11 at 06:29

Fgfggfsfgssfdsfsdf
16 points

I was recently a member of a small startup. I made the mistake of waiting too long before discussing equity/payment. Once we did discuss everything there were many disagreements and I eventually...

Equity Micro Startup

asked Sep 1 '11 at 04:48

George Muresan
8 points

I had a trademark application that was rejected. The company has a business in a specific part of the country (not what I'd be doing). Is there any chance of using this? Do people do trademark...

Legal Trademark

asked Sep 1 '11 at 03:27

Timpone
142 points

We're students, and we don't have a car. A client would like to meet up, but at a location that isn't far to get to by car, but is a pain by subway/taxi. It would be awesome if we could handle the...

Meet Up Travel Clients

asked Sep 1 '11 at 00:45

Mirov
384 points

We are rethinking our 30-day trial for our B2B (small business) CMS. It is a very niche service and we have about 600 active paying subscribers at this point. In the past, I have always subscribed...

Credit Cards Trial

asked Sep 1 '11 at 00:31

Simon H
301 points

I'm considering joining a great team/early startup. Founder A engineer / mba, brought the vision. Founder B phd relevant to product C head of Product - person poached from another company very...

Marketing Sales Compensation

asked Aug 31 '11 at 12:37

Lisa
11 points

I'm not knowledgeable about business stuffs, legal stuff, and so on. But I was trying to understand, A) how possible is it for someone from another "developed" country to mail a cheque directly to...

Payments

asked Aug 31 '11 at 10:03

Pacerier
317 points

So I'm a CompSci student going into my second year of university in Montreal, Quebec at Concordia and I've been planing on getting started with Android development. I'll be getting myself a Samsung...

Getting Started Canada Business

asked Aug 31 '11 at 09:49

Portaljacker
106 points

I have been asked to be the sole investor in a friends start-up company. The initial investment is $25,000. In exchange, I would like significant equity in the company. How much equity would be...

Equity

asked Aug 31 '11 at 09:21

David
11 points

What is a good way to start drumming up business for B2B? I've thought of a few ways such as joining the local chamber of commerce for the city i'm targeting (with the intent of getting to know the...

B2B Leads Clients

asked Aug 31 '11 at 08:04

Dustin Davis
272 points

I'm getting pegged to become a part of a new Product (physical object) startup. I would be the brand director for the company, responsible for all things non-product design related. This would...

Equity

asked Aug 31 '11 at 06:44

Benny
1 point

Recently I read that Dolphin browser developers got an A round investment. This news made me think: what is the dolphin browser business model? I am sorry if this question seems simple, however I...

Business Model

asked Aug 31 '11 at 06:16

Leonid Mirsky
25 points

I have an idea related to healthcare communications and am trying to find mentors/advisors who would be willing to guide my partner and I towards success. I live in Silicon Valley. I was...

Advisors Mentor Funding Startup Costs Partnerships

asked Aug 31 '11 at 06:10

Saif Akhtar
53 points

I am seeking best practices on the use of a book as part of launching a consulting practice. One option in the business plan that has been identified is the writing of a small book -- about 30K...

Books Writing

asked Aug 31 '11 at 04:07

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points