Questions

My options (ISO's) in a privately-held (VC-funded) startup are slowly but surely vesting. Can I exercise the vested options? What does it mean to exercise options in a privately-held company? If...

Equity USA Stock Options

asked May 18 '11 at 00:59

Matt Solnit
123 points

What's the best way to market startup project management/facilities consulting company for homeowners, churches and businesses?

Management Entrepreneurs Consulting Business

asked May 17 '11 at 23:49

Mc Cants
16 points

Take for example, Google: As I understand, the search engine was started as a research project. (by the way, was it patented or the code is fully open through the contents of the respective...

Technology Founders

asked May 17 '11 at 20:58

User10528
9 points

I know this question has already been asked in many ways, but I'm looking for a more general answer. I'd like to know which is the best place to find technical people to work with. Has anybody out...

Technical Partnerships Non Technical

asked May 17 '11 at 19:49

Calixte
137 points

I assume Foursquare faced this issue. You've got a social service that is location based but requires a lot of users to make valuable. I'm in a similar boat with an upcoming start up, and I'm...

Location Apps Growth Social

asked May 17 '11 at 19:13

Long Winter
271 points

I am being offered a 0.6% share in an early stage startup for being the lead iOS developer(probably the only iOS developer).The concept is good and the team consists of some smart people too.My...

Software Equity Iphone Partnerships

asked May 17 '11 at 15:12

Samyzee
16 points

This question is related to the question: "Do newly funded startups offer salaries which are comparable to market rate? " Apparently, it is quite common for startups to offer salaries which are...

Salary Compensation

asked May 17 '11 at 14:46

User10483
208 points

One of our client companies has just launched an aggressive Twitter campaign on behalf of the product with a focus on securing B2B clients. What best practices do you recommend for leveraging...

B2B Social Media

asked May 17 '11 at 14:13

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

So, an acuqaintence of mine who is someone whose opinion I respect on the nitty gritty in the dirt of startups just had a new baby. I was thinking about how distracting that can be. How the new...

Work Life

asked May 17 '11 at 12:18

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

I am researching my competitors before getting into SAAS based software market. For one of the competitors total monthly unique visitors to be 3000. I am calculating roughly 50% of them are...

Competition Traffic Saas Market Research

asked May 17 '11 at 06:02

User8226
197 points

I am just venturing into a new product and one thing I realised is that "Price is the ONLY one advantage" I have. I have solid web-development experience and I can build web apps in a fraction of...

Pricing Bootstrapped Competition

asked May 17 '11 at 04:42

User8226
197 points

I am considering buying some software, which would do very advanced calculations/simulations for me. If this software provides wrong results, I could go bankrupt. I specifically did not want to...

Purchasing Sub Contractors

asked May 16 '11 at 22:19

David
1,567 points

There was some talk in the media about how it is hard to find talent. There were some comments that actually the real problem is that salaries offered by new startups are way under market, thus a...

Salary

asked May 16 '11 at 16:41

User10483
208 points

The background I represent a small Australian software developer. We have been working with our clients over here for 9 years on a product suite which is a worlds first for the targeted industry....

Sales Partner

asked May 16 '11 at 13:14

Robin Vessey
8,394 points

As a SaaS company we have an entire team in place to do web and application development. Effectively, we have one client: ourselves. Would it make sense for us to take on consulting clients as an...

Development Consulting Team

asked May 16 '11 at 12:27

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

We are working on a complex online sales and marketing tool (website with CRM integration) We have laid it out as several small "baby step" projects. Each step needs approval and "sign-off" before...

Consulting

asked May 16 '11 at 11:33

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

What is the implication of Google Panda release on my clients who are "outsourcing" scontent creation for their blogs?

SEO Social Network

asked May 16 '11 at 11:17

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

I'm in a field with several hundred competitors, a few big, some medium, but most are small ISVs. Are there any tools out there that will help estimate how my competitors are doing in terms of...

Sales Software Competition

asked May 16 '11 at 10:07

Lkessler
1,471 points

If after doing the necessary credit checks, after loaning someone some money, they don't pay it back after a period (how long would this need to be?) is there a way I can indemnify my business...

Insurance Finance Payments Business

asked May 16 '11 at 07:13

Ryan
11 points

Is it possible to start up a web hosting / development company that only communicates via email?

Web Hosting Communication

asked May 16 '11 at 02:36

Cssss
6 points