Questions

I was doing the books for an LLC last year and our accountants told us that paying one of the members via payroll was not the correct way to pay them and that the member should be paid via a...

LLC Payroll

asked Mar 1 '11 at 07:56

Michael Pryor
2,250 points

It seems every common word or short sequence is owned or parked. Does anyone have any advice for the best way to come up with a decent .com domain name? We are going to launch an HTML5, cloud...

Branding Domain Name

asked Feb 28 '11 at 23:57

Olib
26 points

I’m in the early planning phase of a funding round for a startup in NYC as a second office for a software company that is headquartered in Germany (ca. 50 employees). For a presentation I’m trying...

Benefits Business International

asked Feb 28 '11 at 23:37

Martin Buberl
181 points

I am in the early stage of creating an online marketplace website. I know that, obliviously I have to face the chicken and egg problem with this. I want to tackle one after another. How I could get...

Marketplace

asked Feb 28 '11 at 14:13

Sakthy
45 points

As a big Starbucks fan and avid traveller I have noticed a trend while travelling whether its from Toronto to Texas to California... All Starbucks employees seem to have a very similar personality...

Hiring Job Offer Jobs

asked Feb 28 '11 at 12:14

Chain
313 points

I stumbled across one sad story, on how one entrepreneur broke a relationship, and then missed another because of his startup. This got me thinking: is it possible to start a business and a...

Work Life Entrepreneurs

asked Feb 28 '11 at 11:54

Graviton
871 points

I have a software company that sells software online only, and on my website it has an "About Us" section, describing the company's location and history. Is there a good reason- either pro or con-...

Software Website Personal

asked Feb 28 '11 at 09:47

User6492
1,747 points

If your startup has a star developer : what was he/she doing before joining your company? How did you find and get into contact with him/her?

Recruiting Hiring Web Dev

asked Feb 28 '11 at 09:07

Zippy
871 points

I have an idea for a VoIP mobile app on Android that would provide some advanced technical features not currently available (i.e. better encryption, firewall traversal, etc.) The problem I have is...

Development Market Analysis Market Research Voip

asked Feb 28 '11 at 07:47

Ajpyles
111 points

Any tips to collect testimonials? I have some clients. They seemed to be satisfied with my services, but they were reluctant to write a written testimonial. Please advise.

Sales Service Testimonials Clients

asked Feb 27 '11 at 23:42

Steven
1 point

We are a start up company, buiding a E learning content for our medical schools/college and we are in good situaltion with the E learning tool however we do not have the content for our tool. We...

Sales

asked Feb 27 '11 at 22:51

Karan
54 points

I would like to test prices for a SAAS (software as a service) product. I know how to do A/B testing. My question has to do with the ramifications of such testing. If we sell to Customer A for $99...

Pricing

asked Feb 27 '11 at 09:49

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

I have a team of people scattered across time zones and the world. Most of these people have never been face-to-face with even one of their colleagues. Most have never heard anyone else's voice. We...

Motivation Management Team

asked Feb 27 '11 at 08:08

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

I am a U.S. citizen who is about to move to Mexico for the next 2-4 years. Following that, I expect to move to Italy more or less permanently. So my question is, is there any advantage/disadvantage...

Incorporation Tax Offshore

asked Feb 27 '11 at 07:47

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

We have several products in several different areas (some are in the same areas). Should we start a blog for each product or should we write in our company blog everything? What's the best...

Blog Social Media Social Network

asked Feb 27 '11 at 07:40

Tiago
333 points

By knowing a competitor's website URL, is there a way to find out for what keywords they are focussing their SEO efforts on (either organic search or adwords) and what ranking they have for those...

SEO

asked Feb 27 '11 at 04:23

User3462
345 points

Do you know any good resources(books, links, courses) from which I can learn how to choose a good name for a new product. This is about marketing I think(but I might be wrong) so I need some...

Name

asked Feb 27 '11 at 03:11

Dole Doug
141 points

We are in the process of creating an eBook. Now we are contemplating to release this ebook in two versions, full and lite. 'Lite' version would be created to reach the extensive Amazon audience....

Ideas

asked Feb 26 '11 at 23:20

Ankur Jain
566 points

I work for a large complex company, I delibrately do not want to say, which business it is in, in order to make this discussion general. In this company, as in many others, there are lots of...

Strategy Strategic Management Value Add Customer Value

asked Feb 26 '11 at 23:19

David
1,567 points

I read here, and in articles elsewhere, about how important it is for a startup to be located in Silicon Valley. But they're all very vague, mentioning "the energy" or "the talent" or...

Networking Location Silicon Valley Investors

asked Feb 26 '11 at 20:04

Sean
134 points