Questions

Currently operating a very small, early-stage startup. Just received first round of seed capital and looking to expand operations this summer. I have been looking for a developer (employee #2) to...

Hiring Visa Legal

asked Mar 17 '11 at 05:43

Travis Truett
127 points

If I have access to a big hall/room in a building I own and I wanted to convert it into a personal gym. Then one day I say to a friend, you can use my gym if you give me $100 a year, and I will...

Payments Legal Tax

asked Mar 17 '11 at 04:23

Oshirowanen
201 points

My question is not about tax and legal procedures (I'll let my CPA and lawyer handle those), but rather about TRUST. Trust or... CHECKS & BALANCES. I am a programmer who owns a small Internet...

Trust Partnerships

asked Mar 17 '11 at 02:27

Kev Ri
16 points

If I start up a company where I get work done from freelancers, is it down to me to make sure they pay taxes, or can I just pay them based on the work they have done, and leave it to them to pay...

Tax

asked Mar 17 '11 at 01:44

Nami
113 points

Lets say I make the next google ads service (hypothetically speaking), how can I pay my users in more or less real time? with minimal or no additional cost to the company.

Ecommerce Finance Payments

asked Mar 17 '11 at 01:14

Nami
113 points

EDIT 1: So in short, is there a free way for me to get $1 from a customer and send that $1 to my bank account. If free is not an option, what is the cheapest way for me to get that $1 to my bank...

Sales Ecommerce Finance Payments

asked Mar 16 '11 at 19:09

Oshirowanen
201 points

We're getting closer to launching our e-commerce platform, that will be hosted on our dedicated servers, provided by a well known hosting company. I suppose it's a good idea to have us covered...

Legal Privacy Terms And Conditions SLA

asked Mar 16 '11 at 16:34

Martin Hn
234 points

Have read lots of different terms. I have no idea how they differ from one another. Things like, 20% stock pool for employees, and 1 million stocks, etc. Can someone enlighten me? Thank you.

Venture Capital Shares

asked Mar 16 '11 at 14:22

Victor
593 points

So, tax season is upon us and I'm finding myself doing taxes (yay) My question is simple (I think): In 2010, I started my company, bootstrapped. I've initially paid a bunch of expenses from...

Tax Seed Funding

asked Mar 16 '11 at 14:17

Igorek
886 points

Basically as the title suggests, the tax situation is getting grayer over time as new business models emerge. We are considering one where the app is hosted "somewhere", the company is currently...

Payments Company Tax Setup

asked Mar 16 '11 at 12:18

Robin Vessey
8,394 points

I've heard that most US corporations are in Delaware or Nevada because they are the friendliest to corporations. I don't have an office or anything, but I'm looking to start an internet based...

Incorporation

asked Mar 16 '11 at 11:44

Abe Miessler
264 points

I have worked about an year on my startup website and I found that I need co-founder that would be able to sell ice to the eskimo nation online (online: marketing, sale and PR. But more of manager...

Marketing Networking Co-Founder

asked Mar 16 '11 at 10:13

Mat Banik
325 points

I was asked by a potential investor for Key Performance Metrics for our company. What do you think the KPIs are for a typical SaaS company? Here are the ones that I think we should give him: CAC...

Metrics Saas

asked Mar 16 '11 at 04:57

Andy Cook
2,309 points

I'm currently working full time for an employer of mine. I've run numerous small business on the side, including a web software company, a web design company, and a forum... but now I'm working...

Venture Salary

asked Mar 15 '11 at 22:58

Nick
1,171 points

I remember that Joel Spolsky said that for every 100k of yearly revenue, fogcreek will add another employee. And from my observation, this rule seems quite general among small software related...

Small Business

asked Mar 15 '11 at 19:14

Graviton
871 points

We're a small team in Ukraine with technical chops hungry for success. Finding a lucrative market niche and attracting real paying customers is a challenge, especially given our remote...

Networking Mentor Seed Funding

asked Mar 15 '11 at 18:24

Maxua
155 points

I currently have a website in which I can add a feature that integrates with Twitter. I can add this as one of the features for a premium plan. Alternately, I can create a brand new website and...

Features Website

asked Mar 15 '11 at 13:01

User3462
345 points

Can I signup for a merchant/seller account of either Paypal, Google Checkout , Amazon Checkout using my credit card info and receive payments for the products sold online ? Would my credit card...

Ecommerce Legal Selling

asked Mar 15 '11 at 04:39

Saurabh
11 points

I am developing an iOS app that provides educational content, created by professionals (teachers, professors, etc). New content will be added continuously. The number of content editors is limited...

Payments Content

asked Mar 14 '11 at 18:24

Drstupid
123 points

I'm a one man startup with a high price, low volume, niche software product that I'm considering selling in the US. However, I'm concerned that it may infringe a US patent without me knowing...

Legal Patent

asked Mar 14 '11 at 18:14

Steven F
66 points