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I set up a company and had a software developer create a new software program for the company. I thought that the idea for the software was novel, and before developing the software, I did some...
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We spent quite a bit of money and time building a great IT career Site. In the meantime, another opportunity that's more lucrative with less competition came up. So we are looking to have the...
I like the idea of open source collaboration and making our code for our application we are building public on github. This would allow people to give their input and even allow certain parts of...
31 points
We are planning to form a company for online e-commerce sale and would like to know which is better location - Austin (TX) or Delaware for the following: Ease of formation (we are in India, and...
51 points
I read the book*The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It*. It is said that we should treat a business as a system, as a money-making machine. We should...
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Company looks like this: investor = input money only 30% share founder/developer (me) = input money ( about 1/2 what investor has ) and tons of sweat equity 1+ year 40% share developer = sweat...
13 points
In the California LLC-12 form, Item 12 is "Type of Business". How specific should my answer be? I want to leave it as general as possible give myself the maximum flexibility. In case I need to be...
25 points
What are the 5 must-do basic things to have a shot at being marginally successful on a first day web site launch? The measure of success is defined (in our case) as at least having: 1) 50000 hits...
I am active duty military and looking to create an llc for a web app I'm building in my free time. I am a Florida resident but I'm stationed in Georgia. I'd like to keep everything in Florida if...
113 points
A friend of mine accidentally let the .com domain of their US business expire, and it was snatched up by an unknown person who has a personal grudge against them. The website is now full of...
I've built up an open web directory of companies as well as added a classifieds listings to the site. Its built such that anyone can log in and create their company profile and post classifieds...
106 points
I have property in state A I want a new LLC in State B to hold. The LLC wouldn't be doing any business or have income. If I want to get maintenance on the property (not lawsuits) would the...
This will probably be a open-ended question, considering that it might be very opinionated... But I'm curious to hear from the community here-- why do some fail at getting past the conceptual phase...
126 points
In my brief research, it appears that in most cases it's okay to name a piece of software the same name as another existing piece of software as long as it's in a different market. Does that seem...
16 points
For a B2C subscription service, is it recommended to have a free plan? Based on my research, users who sign up free plan suck up a lot of support resources and a number of well known services have...
345 points
Can someone please recommend a good firm or contractor for writing and maintaining an online product manual in English?
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I'm starting out building my business and plan on only ever having one product. I'm wanting input on the branding of my business and of my product. I see two ways forward. One I brand my business...
In my earlier venture attempts, the scenario was something like 3 guys, each of whom would get 33.3%. I found out soon that this was silly because as soon as one of us lost interest, he could do...
388 points
If someone approaches you expressing interest in having you perform web-development work, what questions should be asked? Assume you know only the bare-minimum : he/she wants you to develop a...
128 points
Are there any resources you guys can help me find to patent a process for a web app I have developed. Or give any advice or steps to get the process started. Thanks so much everyone.
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