Questions

Once we launch our product, we intended to raise our first round of funding. The preparation has already started, including the budget. I feel that the budget should be highly detailed, realistic...

Funding Budget Deck

asked Aug 1 '11 at 19:40

Stu Thompson
173 points

I'm working on launching a startup based on a new computing platform developed by my co-founders. The platform itself is very powerful and flexible, and we envision it being used as a foundation...

Funding Products Pitch Seed Funding Platforms

asked Aug 1 '11 at 18:56

Berislav Lopac
111 points

I'm just in a really weird situation, I hope you guys can help me with this. I have a company in Mexico, we do web design and stuff .. this project (from a USA 50+ guy) was kinda special and I...

Legal

asked Aug 1 '11 at 14:57

Julio
19 points

I have been very much interested in starting up a tech business in Minnesota, however relocating to, say, California really isn't an option at this point in my life. Are there any companies in...

Technology Seed Funding

asked Aug 1 '11 at 14:38

Phil
210 points

Amazon recently announced that it will cease paying affiliate reward to its California associates. As a startup very reliant on affiliate fees, is there any way to get around this? Background: We...

Legal Tax Website

asked Aug 1 '11 at 08:12

Babonk
143 points

Marketing your startup takes many forms. The classical marketing approach revolves around the 4 P’s: Product, Price, Promotion and Place. For this question and answer, we will tackle the Promotion...

Marketing Inbound Marketing Advertising Promotion Canon

asked Aug 1 '11 at 06:46

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

We are having a startup in social and location based networking space. We are currently in private beta. What will be the best strategy or events to launch the product? Thanks!

Marketing Launch Location Social Network Beta

asked Aug 1 '11 at 04:47

Neology
113 points

I started an LLC in NY with LegalZoom back in January and have not been paying much attention to the "Withholding Requirements". I don't have employees and I'm not getting paid, do I need to file...

LLC Legal Tax

asked Aug 1 '11 at 04:34

Johnsmith11
6 points

Possible Duplicate: Strategies for coming up with ideas I am trying to find new business ideas but I have not yet found one. How to think up new business ideas?

Ideas Business Entrepreneurship

asked Aug 1 '11 at 02:06

Steven
1 point

I am looking for a simple software to do my financial status check and a bit of forecasting. It is not for a business plan, I am looking for a replacement to my current spreadsheets which I...

Finance

asked Jul 31 '11 at 21:36

Paul
140 points

Has anyone, on this forum, started a business on student visa (F1) in US?

Co-Founder Business

asked Jul 31 '11 at 09:46

Sid
44 points

Software patents are a hell hole in the US and we want to get out of it by operating (at least initially) in Europe. If a US company only operates in Europe (say this is a web app) would we still...

Legal Patent

asked Jul 31 '11 at 05:44

Ntkachov
116 points

I am thinking about joining a startup and I have a question. I have been working on a side project for a couple months and I own it completely. This side project is internet related (so is the...

Contract Side Projects

asked Jul 31 '11 at 03:34

Ray Sf
126 points

I was wondering if there is such a thing as "Pay Per Date Run"? - as opposed to Pay Per Click or Pay Per Impression. For example: paying for an ad to run on week 31 - August 1st to August 7th for x...

Business Model Advertising

asked Jul 31 '11 at 01:55

Derek Kwok
103 points

Is ethical for an employee quitting to start a similar business? What do you think?

Employees Ethics Business Morality

asked Jul 31 '11 at 01:54

Sd Reyes
156 points

My mother is reaching 55, and she raises ideas for start-ups every now and then. I am a software developer and I'm used to rapid prototyping, so I keep urging her to just go ahead a do it! I...

Motivation Business Family

asked Jul 30 '11 at 22:57

Nur Ne
186 points

Can I give Google Analytics data from the API as a free gift feature to my customers that are paying for a monthly subscription service? Or would this be outside of Googles terms of service.

API Analytics Google Business Services

asked Jul 30 '11 at 21:36

Daxon
111 points

With the increasing number of social media websites, and businesses all over the world using social media for promoting and branding their products, will this over take the traditional way of...

Marketing Social Media Branding Internet Marketing

asked Jul 30 '11 at 20:43

Dart Consulting
16 points

Right now I'm in the process of bootstrapping a start-up, so I and my co-founder are working pretty long hours. My only source of new information seems to be Hacker News at the moment, but...

Ideas Data Budget

asked Jul 30 '11 at 18:54

Philip K
113 points

The startup I work for got asked by some potential clients to send them use cases. We are in the process of making one and I would like to ask the following questions about use-cases in general:...

Project Planning Clients Presentation

asked Jul 30 '11 at 15:05

Sriram
174 points