Questions

I am looking to start a business, however I have no capitol of my own, no prospects of friends or colleagues to help with financing and no idea how to find investors. My plan is to focus on my...

Business Plan

asked Jun 10 '11 at 00:26

Sonny Ordell
197 points

I am on the verge of pushing the button and incorporating my startup. I have determined that a UK Ltd company is the right corporate vehicle for me. I have also decided to use a formation service...

Incorporation UK

asked Jun 9 '11 at 23:51

Paperjam
394 points

I have a two job offers: Amazon - Merchandising Specialist. I would be working with vendors, managing inventory and analysis of sales, and marketing the products. Ecommerce Startup - I would be...

Ecommerce Career

asked Jun 9 '11 at 21:59

Liss
11 points

I hear startup wannabees talk about how they want to find a leads generator who will find companies and set up meetings. To me that seems too good to be true, like trying to find an Angel/VC who...

Marketing Networking Leads

asked Jun 9 '11 at 21:30

John
173 points

In starting a small software consultancy and figuring out how to market and present ourselves to the world... Does anyone have any experience as to whether it is best to market yourself based...

Marketing Software Consulting

asked Jun 9 '11 at 15:48

Terry B
121 points

I recently came up with what I believe is a great idea which builds on a specific technology already existing in the marketplace. I believe it represents a completely new use for the technology and...

Legal Intellectual Property

asked Jun 9 '11 at 15:25

Aaron Lindeman
46 points

I have a team of two (myself and my programmer). I can not program. Yesterday my programmer (he has built 40% of the website so far)said that in order to build a successful product and gain VC...

Development

asked Jun 9 '11 at 11:38

Lamar
31 points

I've read all the posts and articles against non-tech founders, I get it. That's not my question (this time..) My question is how does everyone feel about the idea of outsourcing development to a...

Development Outsourcing

asked Jun 9 '11 at 08:17

Aslyesnow
214 points

Myself and two other partners are planning to start a C-Corporation. One of the partners is on H1B visa sponsored by his employer and he is getting a W2 from them. We have few questions: Can a...

Visa Legal

asked Jun 9 '11 at 05:29

Gagan
11 points

We have a Profit sharing program with the branch managers of our firm and I have a question about where to include those payments with regards to our P&L. We currently provide payments...

Funding Profit Sharing

asked Jun 9 '11 at 04:21

Cactus
16 points

I have Windows desktop tools for developers. I have a few large companies that bought them. It is mostly project managers that did the buying and so far they found me via Google search(I have done...

Marketing Sales Advertising

asked Jun 9 '11 at 03:11

Textpert
21 points

I am a co-founder of a startup company. We sell market data and analysis reports to manufacturers. Our reports have fairly high value, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands...

Marketing Sales Organization

asked Jun 9 '11 at 01:23

Tong Wang
108 points

I am having problems getting my head around facebook pages. I'm a technical guy, and I have read the facebook docs as well as a few blogs on why to use facebook pages - however, I don't quite get...

Inbound Marketing Social Media Facebook

asked Jun 9 '11 at 00:58

Voidstar
55 points

I'm interested in how a company like Foursquare would start up. So let's pretend they are at the very beginning of their idea and they have no money; just the idea. So they write down their...

Marketing Location Social Network

asked Jun 8 '11 at 19:21

I Scotts
152 points

I know you all aren't patent lawyers but maybe I am missing something obvious? How do these sites get away with breaking Elance's patent U.S. Patent 7,069,242 [guru, scriptlance, vworker,...

Patent

asked Jun 8 '11 at 08:47

James
29 points

I've been working with a friend's startup for about six months now. We have minimal revenue thus far, but things look to be on the brink of coming through. My role with the company has yet to be...

Equity Compensation

asked Jun 8 '11 at 06:43

Bspring18
6 points

If an individual is contacted by startup conference (eg TechCrunch Disrupt/DEMO/Launch) officials considering about their application to launch at the event, how should the person prepare for the...

Launch Interviews Conferences Product Launch Demo

asked Jun 8 '11 at 03:05

Geekette
6 points

I am the technical founder of a software product, the product is finished with good inputs from at least 6 to be customers. My to be Sales partner who is already helping me from the past 4 weeks...

Sales Co-Founder Equity Partnerships

asked Jun 8 '11 at 00:13

User11074
39 points

I am helping a friend with some short to medium term scenarios/ projections for a business plan. I worked out some failure scenarios as in if the business folds in 6 months we will be able to...

Funding Recommendations Business Plan

asked Jun 7 '11 at 20:04

Gerhard
150 points

I've had a conversation with some friends recently on the differences between a startup and a small business. One of my friends said that a startup in a brand new company, which aims to scale fast...

Definitions Small Business

asked Jun 7 '11 at 18:02

Slavo
316 points