Questions

We're forming a 2 person LLC and part of what we're trying to figure out is how much to leave in the LLC to build up some capital reserves. Since an LLC is a pass through tax entity if the LLC...

LLC Legal Tax Accounting

asked Apr 23 '11 at 10:57

Todd H
196 points

I am planning to build an outsourced web research/data entry team via Odesk. In my opinion the job will be pretty boring - it will require researching certain types of websites, copying...

Outsourcing

asked Apr 23 '11 at 07:15

Trish
186 points

I have developed my product completely, and have built a business for the product to be able to take to market. The product is unlike anything else on the market as of now and in my opinion would...

Ideas Contract Pitch Data Protection

asked Apr 23 '11 at 06:07

User9915
16 points

I was reading this article on traction and it had an interesting comment in it: If you wait until you're "ready" to fund you're too late. Funding is about developing a relationship over time....

Networking Funding Venture Capital Seed Funding

asked Apr 23 '11 at 05:52

Nick
1,171 points

My site accepts credit cards through PayPal, but some customers still send me credit card information in their e-mails or purchase orders. PayPal does not allow me to use this information to charge...

Credit Cards

asked Apr 23 '11 at 05:08

Philippe
297 points

In essence my question is: is a CTO supposed to provide the company vision and business strategy? I am bringing into a startup the following: vision, business strrategy, technology...

Strategy

asked Apr 23 '11 at 03:35

Aaron Smothers
56 points

What is share dilution? How can I, as a past employee of a company where I exercised my share options, know if my shares are subject to dilution? How can I protect myself in future from share...

Funding Equity Investors Shares

asked Apr 23 '11 at 01:24

Nissan Dookeran
177 points

What is the difference between Series A, Series B and Series C investment for a startup? How does this affect salary and/or equity expectations if I am looking to join a startup in a...

Funding Equity Investment Compensation

asked Apr 23 '11 at 00:23

Nissan Dookeran
177 points

I'm joining a software startup as a (co-founding) CTO. I am also bringing my industry contacts into the venture, and will be the only person taking initiative on business development. My contacts...

Sales Compensation

asked Apr 22 '11 at 16:24

Aaron Smothers
56 points

I'm an independent software consultant who is looking for referrals. I've come to the conclusion that perhaps I should pay for them and earlier today posted this question about a teired commision...

Sales Consulting Leads Referrals

asked Apr 22 '11 at 13:46

Timid Developer
30 points

Having just been recently laid off, I would like to give some attention to an idea that's been incubating in my mind for a while for an information-based product. This is similar to the model of...

Ideas Planning Recommendations Market Research

asked Apr 22 '11 at 13:40

Ashes999
128 points

I'm curious about filing fees and annual taxes in the various states. Is there anywhere that breaks this information down in a clear easy to understand format?

LLC Incorporation

asked Apr 22 '11 at 13:13

Abe Miessler
264 points

In the not so distant future, I will be launching a site that is mostly for businesses and is largely Software as a Service. I am wondering what you think about the pros and cons of having a pretty...

Marketing Sales Saas Web App

asked Apr 22 '11 at 11:02

User9886
21 points

We started our small corporation 2 years ago with 3 partners - lets, call them Adam, Ben and Carl for argument's sake. Adam and Ben do all the work. Carl turns out to be a louse who is always angry...

Legal Purchase Agreement

asked Apr 22 '11 at 08:51

Moni Cosman
26 points

I'm an independent software consultant who is looking for referrals. I've paid for referrals before and have noticed that sometimes I was happy with the price and sometimes I was not. For example,...

Sales Consulting Leads Referrals

asked Apr 22 '11 at 06:39

Timid Developer
30 points

I am starting to hire people int our startup. We actually need to hire very quickly and effectively at the same time as we don't have a lot of chance to make mistakes. What is the best book...

Hiring Books

asked Apr 22 '11 at 06:22

Jorge Guzman
45 points

I am not (yet) active on a startup of my own but I have been trying to read and educate myself in that arena so that I can at least coherently talk and ask the right questions of the people who...

Funding Seed Funding

asked Apr 22 '11 at 06:04

Whaley
113 points

Inspired by today's EC2 outage, if I build a webapp on a cloud service, and they have an outage which affects my business, is there anyway I can hold them responsible for lost revenue? Or should I...

Cloud

asked Apr 22 '11 at 02:59

Korneel Bouman
148 points

There are some VC funds who only invest in late-stage companies and some who focus on early stage I am trying to find (or build) a list of those who are interested in taking part in early-stage...

Venture Capital Investment Investors

asked Apr 22 '11 at 01:53

Bryan Migliorisi
449 points

My boss has a jewelry workshop and because of his job he must keep a large money in his account (as some kind of insurance and guarranty for other companies). Recently he heard of trading using...

Market Program Stock Exchange Trade

asked Apr 22 '11 at 01:21

Isaac
109 points