Questions

I have a relatively new business - I've recently been freelancing as a software engineer for 6 months, working from my own office for a couple of companies having contracted on site before for...

Contract Independent Contractor

asked Apr 26 '11 at 22:01

Bomb Defused
227 points

I'm running a dating site and I have 3 volunteers working on the administration (approving photos, profiles, removing stalkers, etc). The problem I'm having is that they are, as volunteers, very...

Management Time Management Human Resources

asked Apr 26 '11 at 20:54

Sherif Buzz
462 points

I've just started my own company and I'm initially contracting - I've been asked if I want to send invoices, or do self billing. I've had a look online and I can't see any reason not to self bill,...

Finance UK Billing

asked Apr 26 '11 at 18:46

Martyn
128 points

I am a programmer and have been developing a web app to facilitate appointment scheduling in my spare time. My target customer is a professional or a small business owner working on a well defined...

Marketing Promotion

asked Apr 26 '11 at 18:43

Lollercoaster
6 points

I'm planning to start a local business where I would repair and tune up customer's computer's for a flat rate of, say, $60. I wouldn't hire any employees, I'd just be me. If I used freeware (open...

Software Legal Computers

asked Apr 26 '11 at 16:47

Ratz
118 points

I was just offered a position as cofounder of an already established startup. The revenue on it is minimal. This was the first I had met the founder. Are there any legal steps or other steps I...

Co-Founder Legal

asked Apr 26 '11 at 06:45

Chromedude
202 points

I'm doing a business plan for a web business, and in the financials part, I'm getting this: Net Profit Year 1: ($234,788) Year 2: ($2,361) Year 3: $251,708 Net Profit/Sales Year 1:...

Business Plan Financial

asked Apr 26 '11 at 06:21

Rui
364 points

I have a software package that works in concert with other systems that are similar to CRMs. (sorry to be vague). Our clients will always have one of the "crm"'s installed and our product bolts on...

Competition Demo

asked Apr 26 '11 at 05:06

Chris Lively
443 points

My scenario is as follows: I'm currently based in the European Union (Poland). For the last 2 years I have developed a software product, for which target customers are firms. I don't have a...

Tax

asked Apr 26 '11 at 03:58

User9982
206 points

This might be a slightly long story, but I really would appreciate any help you can give me here. I am a young entrepreneur and currently run a struggling website development / software company....

Software Contract LLC Legal

asked Apr 26 '11 at 03:29

Shane
326 points

I am working on a business plan that I will be pitching to someone very specific. Due to the fact that they are a very large name in their industry (and many others for that matter), the business...

Business Plan Proposal Profit Sharing

asked Apr 26 '11 at 03:06

Joshua
11 points

I started a new job at a startupish (2007) company, upon looking at how their system works. I found problems with their database, software, and overall project management. This isn't just errors or...

Employees Problem

asked Apr 26 '11 at 02:30

Scottix
21 points

When vesting ownership shares to founders/employees, isn't a taxable event created without realizing cash income? In this case, as you build the company and create more value in the shares, don't...

Equity

asked Apr 26 '11 at 02:27

Ben Anderson
11 points

When I started my single person LLC earlier this year, I didn't expect to make a profit in my first year. As I understood it, I didn't need to file quarterly estimated taxes because I wasn't going...

LLC Tax

asked Apr 26 '11 at 00:56

Skaz
254 points

This is a question about methodology for newcomers in the business of lauching firms. I propose that we list all the things that must be done in order to present a good proposal for potential...

Business Model Business Plan Investors Methodology

asked Apr 26 '11 at 00:26

Sylvain Peyronnet
371 points

The business founder on my team thinks we need 45-60% of investors since he doesn't have a full time job (and thus no income coming in) since he is a fresh graduate. Is this a realistic reasoning...

Co-Founder Decision

asked Apr 25 '11 at 23:57

User9968
229 points

I have been offered a position as a technical co-founder (composed of 3 cofounders). We're in the midst of trying to figure how much % of funding we want. We have between 45-60% of our company...

Co-Founder

asked Apr 25 '11 at 22:54

User9968
229 points

Amazon has been having a lot of issues on EC2 through this weekend and I am sure many other startups got burned by them. What are you guys doing about it? Do you consider Amazon equally reliable...

Infrastructure Saas Server

asked Apr 25 '11 at 22:52

Jorge Guzman
45 points

anybody knows how to start a business from absolute zero financing. I have an idea ( software related). I am a programmer too (but not very proficient to call myself brilliant). And I want to start...

Software Finance

asked Apr 25 '11 at 15:57

Pathum Mudannayake
178 points

do you know how people earn through open source ventures? When free and open source projects help many in great ways, still I think that the people who get involved in it full time (not volunteers)...

Finance Open Source

asked Apr 25 '11 at 15:36

Pathum Mudannayake
178 points