Questions

All of the current investors in the startup are also employees, and we're investing equal amounts of money into the company. What is the best vehicle for this type of investment, where ownership in...

Partner Investment Self Funded

asked Feb 24 '11 at 05:31

Blueberryfields
426 points

Is there a rule of thumb that can be used for staff planning in terms of how large % of an online marketing budget that should be allocated towards managing the online marketing activities?

Marketing Planning Budget

asked Feb 24 '11 at 03:27

Karl Alfredsson
18 points

I own a small software company, which has it's website on a .COM-domain ( jitbit.com ) Should I register .ORG/.NET/.BIZ/.INFO as well? "jitbit.net/jitbit.biz/jitbit.info/jitbit.org" or it's just a...

Naming Domain

asked Feb 24 '11 at 01:55

Jitbit
267 points

Greetings. Currently I work for a bunch of companies as the CIO and recently I've been offered a partnership at a startup company. I decided to take it as a part-time, for the start, and then move...

Partnerships Relationships

asked Feb 24 '11 at 01:39

Alexey Shatygin
128 points

Especially when working on a startup, the more time consuming tasks you can outsource, the better. Is there a forum or community that would be a good resource for ideas on how to outsource more...

Outsourcing Virtual Workforce

asked Feb 24 '11 at 01:38

Mike Nicholaides
121 points

I am working on a project which is basically a Notification System or in other words sort of Lan Instant Messenger for mid-size companies, in which a person can update the status of the project...

Products

asked Feb 24 '11 at 01:34

Ahmed
106 points

A potential investor is asking us to account for our own (so far unpaid) time when evaluating the amount of money invested in the company to date. How do we account for it - it's not like we've...

Investment Valuation

asked Feb 23 '11 at 13:34

Blueberryfields
426 points

How long is too long for a website domain name? 3 words? 4 words? Also, how does the prefix "the" affect the domain. Sorry for such a stereotypical example but from what I have been told,...

Website Domain

asked Feb 23 '11 at 12:59

User6528
149 points

Hi and thanks in advance. I've done some looking around to determine where to start with startup compensation. I work as a contractor exclusively for a startup currently in series b round, I've...

Funding Equity Compensation

asked Feb 23 '11 at 09:53

User7991
11 points

Every time I have new idea I usually have a to build a small website as a prototype to pitch it. Every time I wonder what hoster to use and it seems that every time I change hoster for various...

Hosting

asked Feb 23 '11 at 04:39

Antony P.
714 points

I am a web applications developer and one of my big problems in launching my own self-initiated and funded web applications is that I just can't stop coming up with application ideas. Seriously, I...

Solo Entrepreneur Entrepreneurs Web App

asked Feb 22 '11 at 18:09

Digital Sea
1,613 points

Is there any legal documents or agreements that I need to show to my beta testers? Basically cover things like, they won't decompile it, that I am not responsible for any damage etc. I don't...

Legal

asked Feb 22 '11 at 17:46

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

I'm a programmer and developer - and that is what i'm good at, although i do have some self-claimed ( :) ) Entrepreneur skills and Managerial traits since i'm already running a Web Development...

Risk Decision Partnerships

asked Feb 22 '11 at 16:48

User7962
6 points

I need more vendors to join my startup, likebids.com, but I only have 10 so far. Can anyone give me more information on where to find the right advertisers that would be interested in our...

Marketing Ecommerce Social Media

asked Feb 22 '11 at 12:12

Like Bids
6 points

I'm trying to figure out the various taxes taken out for a C Corp vs LLC. Single-member/ shareholder. (C Corp has more deductions.) C Corp: (1) Tax on profit (after deductions), (2) Payroll tax...

LLC Incorporation Tax Corporate Structure

asked Feb 22 '11 at 08:53

Dave
46 points

I am using Paypal subscription for charging the customers monthly. When they sign up, I have an option of either redirecting them to the Paypal site to enter the credit card details or gather this...

Payments

asked Feb 22 '11 at 05:12

User3462
345 points

I'm an independent software developer and I do business under my real name. As such, I'm not a DBA, nor am I incorporated. Since I'm not filed as a business anywhere, it's difficult for me to open...

Bank Account

asked Feb 22 '11 at 05:04

Beachrunnerjoe
319 points

We're looking into building a site that would facilitate receiving payments online for places that do no have this capability. There's more to the site than receiving payments, it also makes sure...

Pricing Fees

asked Feb 21 '11 at 14:00

Pbz
111 points

I am working on a monthly subscription site in which users can cancel/upgrade/downgrade anytime they want. I am integrating the payment module with Paypal and would like to know the pros and cons...

Subscriptions

asked Feb 21 '11 at 07:10

User3462
345 points

I'm creating a software that's based on the teachings of a book. I want to name it after the book. Will there be a copyright infringement problem although they are in two different categories? If...

Marketing Software Books Copyright

asked Feb 20 '11 at 23:38

Brown And Friendly
43 points