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We've reached a point where we need either hard capital or strategic hire capital and as an LLC it seems like it is much harder to grant capital (either immediately or in a vesting process). Also,...
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In light of facebook's acquisition of fb.com from the American Farm Bureau Federation for $8.5 Million (http://mashable.com/2011/01/12/facebook-paid-8-5-million-to-acquire-fb-com/), do you think...
I am writing today to understand and read what your take is in starting a consulting company. Currently I hold a day job, which I am happy with, but I want to become more flexible in terms of...
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I plan on using Paypal for a monthly subscription service and would like to know how to handle the Upgrade/Downgrade/Cancellation from users: For cancellation, is it recommended to develop the...
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I heard that core development of product should be done in house. I'm having a web app built by 2 reputable developers (Freelancing) here in the states, is that a bad thing? They are already half...
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I got the docs for my LLC and EIN, is there anything I should fill out or must do after setting up the LLC? The LLC is for a internet startup, offering a service free or charge, but might have ads.
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Are there any resources that provide the different steps needed to create a tech startup. Something along the line of: Set up legal structure Choose a domain name Choose a hosting provider Set up...
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Does anyone have suggestions for a tool to keep track of customer support requests, bugs, and questions? Recommendations for the best way to keep track of employee time spent on these issues would...
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I have a company that will be selling software online, and I'd like for customers to be able to pay online and then just click on a "Download Now" button and download the software automatically,...
I'm just starting to learn rails myself but I was wondering why companies like FaceBook need 3000+ coders?
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Three sentence history: I was brought in on an opportunity by the original "idea" person. After trying out a few others, there ended up being a total of three of us. The initial project was going...
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I just registered my LLC, do I need a DBA if the business will be conducted under a domain name only? Also, what is the "business start day" for an internet company?
I know there are a number of business plan questions already, but my question applies to a specific aspect of the process. As my partners and I are researching and developing our plan, I've been...
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As a startup we have few clients who are billed on time/hour basis and some on the percentage of project completed basis. Now regarding the reporting to the client as of now we were following the...
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I wanted to know what people's opinions were on monthly versus annual subscriptions. If I did go with annual payments it would offer a discount over the month-to-month costs for the year. Anyways,...
We're giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card to whomever gives our product a name. We've tried Twitter (though with a new company we have few followers) and an individual with 700 followers, Facebook...
A little background. We are a small company developing our own product in the market. And we are quickly approaching the release deadline. We have a few weeks to finish up some testing and work...
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I’d appreciate some advice on selecting a legal advisor geography-wise. I am in the process of developing a globally oriented Web 2.0 site. I am based in Australia and we are incorporating in...
Does anyone know of any lists of startup companies in Germany? (Please see OnStarups question 19093 for incubators in Germany)
For instance, if someone sues me because they do not like the product offered or if someone else sues me because of a contract violation. How much is the owners responsible for (in this case me)...
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