Questions

How do URL shortener services make money? Like https://bitly.com/, http://qurl.com/, http://urltea.me/, http://blue.gg/ There's no ads whatsoever on those sites. I'm really curious, so they are...

Website Money

asked Jul 24 '11 at 02:38

Pacerier
317 points

Funding your company is an important part of your startup and expansion strategy. It's a broad topic that has a lot of aspects including: keeping your idea secret, seed funding, angels, venture...

Bootstrapped Funding Investors Seed Funding Canon

asked Jul 23 '11 at 23:23

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

we aren't exactly a startup because we've been in business for 4 years, developing products for telco companies in my country. What I insisted in last 2,5 years is that we sponsor development of...

Marketing Sales Global Customers

asked Jul 23 '11 at 21:18

Damir
118 points

Background: I am an entrepreneur who has a product that will now be sold to retail outlets. The sales team is expected to sell 10 units to 5 clients per day. With this, I want them to get feedback...

Sales Customer Feedback Customer Service

asked Jul 23 '11 at 20:54

Salmon
181 points

Is it common to issue equity to CEO as Preferred stock but other co-founders as Common stock? When setting up a 20% employee pool, it is common to have terms that the unissued equity will be...

Equity Founders Agreement Employees Angel Seed Funding

asked Jul 23 '11 at 13:52

Howard
126 points

I have a corporate lawyer who billed me for about 4 hrs for a very simple trademark application (like 10 lines). Does this sounds excessive for a simple trademark application? This is the first...

Trademark

asked Jul 23 '11 at 07:35

Timpone
142 points

I have just finished my Degree in BTech in Electronics& Communications few months back and i am a enthusiastic Web designer so after my Degree in B Tech i started do a freelancing web designing...

Getting Started Business Plan Business

asked Jul 23 '11 at 00:47

Panindra
108 points

I am planning for a website startup, in which i use the data added by the people which is accessible to every other user. Now i want to make sure that the data that has been entered by a particular...

Website Copyright

asked Jul 22 '11 at 23:11

Kraken
133 points

We get a lot of questions about dividing equity and for good reason. Dividing up your startup's equity creates a lot of heart burn for all of us. It's a tremendously stressful affair if you have...

Equity Founders Canon

asked Jul 22 '11 at 22:25

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

I was hoping to use opensource stack exchange software to create a site where people can swap their skills. ie: if I can fix your computer and you can fix my car, we will be matched. However, the...

Application Website Social Network

asked Jul 22 '11 at 20:55

Steve
103 points

One of the company's co-founders is investing and to avoid high fees I suggested we use our merchant account whereby he will make a payment online and then I will receive the money in the UK. Is...

Credit Cards International Investment Investors Merchant Account

asked Jul 22 '11 at 18:37

Nikolay Piryankov
683 points

We have a new startup and are trying to meet with some potential angel investors. We were asked if we have a ROI schedule. I thought that investors get paid only when the company has a successful...

Technology Web 2.0 Angel Investors

asked Jul 22 '11 at 10:14

Brandon Mitchell
21 points

As you can see from the title I already have my own company (Pest Control) which is Ltd and I am looking at setting up a JV with someone else with their own Pest Control Company. So our current...

Joint Venture

asked Jul 22 '11 at 08:15

Daniel
11 points

I work on a website that is backed by a database with a lot of product information. Much of this information is user generated. I would like to know if there are any copyright issues around...

Copyright

asked Jul 22 '11 at 07:32

Josh Cutler
21 points

I am a recent graduate and soon I am starting my own company in the IT/Tech. Because always all of my studies were mostly technical(computer programming,coding,...) and do not have that much work...

Books Finance Definitions Bookkeeping

asked Jul 22 '11 at 07:04

Hossein
111 points

Investor are in it for one thing, profit. That's okay if both the founders and the investors profit. What do you do when the "Angels" who have been funding your work kick out the founders and the...

Funding Finance Angel Failure

asked Jul 22 '11 at 06:38

Busted Flatt
16 points

I have an idea that I am brain storming in my mind ( rather cooking ). The idea is to launch a website with free info etc. But I also want to know how to generate income through it. Also will have...

Entrepreneurs Website

asked Jul 22 '11 at 06:05

Ar 2011
6 points

My friend and I recently started our own service company. Since we have no technical background, we found a development guy to join our team. We ended up filing for an LLC two months afterwards (we...

Development Legal Intellectual Property Partnerships

asked Jul 22 '11 at 05:21

Mo K.
6 points

I'm the tech guy and doing a lot of technical development for the startup. How long does one wait around for the business people to get funding from VC's and Angels? is there a ballpark of how...

Getting Started Funding Venture Capital Angel Investors

asked Jul 22 '11 at 04:51

User9968
229 points

I am tech consulting for a few small businesses generally not exceeding 9 employees in my area. I like being involved in the success of a fellow business by helping them with technology. I'm at a...

Marketing

asked Jul 22 '11 at 03:56

Kp01
9 points