Questions

I hear from a lot of small businesses that if they don't get rid of there cash by the end of the year then they get taxed. Also if they bank that money they still get taxed again every year,...

Tax Cash Flow

asked Dec 18 '10 at 02:35

Donny V
141 points

We have done marketing internally for several years. Now we have multiple markets and multiple new products, so need to get some professional help to scale things up and catchup. I am looking for...

Marketing Website

asked Dec 18 '10 at 01:21

Paroon Chadha
61 points

Need a partner for hosting our windows / SQL application in Canada...all data and backup on Canadian servers. Any good (reputable companies only) suggestions? Price is a factor but it has to be a...

Canada Hosting

asked Dec 18 '10 at 00:59

Paroon Chadha
61 points

I am about to register a corp in Delaware. I need to find a bank that can help me in opening a bank account, without having to go there in person. I have been told that this is possible if the bank...

Bank Bank Account Delaware

asked Dec 17 '10 at 21:21

Prateek Mishra
137 points

So, I am a total newbie when it comes to payment processing, acceptance of payments, subscription plans, etc. I've recently built out the SaaS offering and will be in beta with it through the end...

Charging Payments Credit Cards Billing

asked Dec 17 '10 at 18:17

Igorek
886 points

Ok I invested in my business and built the software, now got to run it! If I hire my friend, to do all this business, and I do all things technical. How should I pay him? 1) salary 2) with...

Equity Entrepreneurs Salary Partnerships

asked Dec 17 '10 at 17:35

001
167 points

This is a video of the google goggles app which does a good job of explaining what the current state of the art in visual search can do. its also being applied to searching patents, product...

Marketing Products Ideas Market Research

asked Dec 17 '10 at 09:45

Ben
522 points

Assume a website that provides a free service to a certain community (disability related). The site is run by a charitable foundation and there's no charge for the users of the site. There are 2...

Non Profit Website Valuation

asked Dec 17 '10 at 08:57

Howie
148 points

Good Days, I have recently been tasked with developing an online portal for the real estate agents. I am planning to make the code as generic as I can so that I can use it as a product for the...

Best Practices

asked Dec 17 '10 at 05:21

Ncakmak
180 points

I run one technology startup now that takes up most/all of my time. I have another idea for a technology startup and wanted to outsource everything either through contract workers or salaried...

Getting Started Outsourcing Business

asked Dec 16 '10 at 14:55

Steve
56 points

I have two potential investors: 1) My uncle - a trusted and wealthy family member and 2) "M.S." an unknown person that approached me after having heard my pitch and was "instantly enamored with my...

Investment Investors Scams

asked Dec 16 '10 at 14:47

John Berryman
388 points

We're running an online store of electronic devices, and we need to start creating invoices for our clients. What is the best invoicing tool you have discovered?

Software Ecommerce Application Selling Accounting

asked Dec 16 '10 at 12:09

Sd Reyes
156 points

I'm currently developing a game with a few friends and have plans to sell it and distribute it worldwide via digital means. I'd like to know what I should take into consideration if I want to sell...

Software International Internet

asked Dec 16 '10 at 09:38

Kensai
111 points

Cross-post from reddit.com/r/startups. Hey All, I'm Ken, and I run a startup in Houston. I really love my company. We're not super profitable, but we're profitable. My friends and I get to do...

Motivation Burnout

asked Dec 16 '10 at 09:17

Xkenneth
140 points

SVB claims to have worked with lot of tech startups (and they do i believe), but does anyone here in this forum have first hand experience with SVB?. Why should someone choose them over some other...

Silicon Valley Bank Bank Account

asked Dec 16 '10 at 08:58

Jewelthief
151 points

Anyone know in Canada where to register? What are the other steps? Has anyone done it that can summarize the steps?

Non Profit Canada

asked Dec 16 '10 at 03:40

User5996
11 points

I have a site which is currently in Beta that I plan to start heavily marketing in January. I wanted to get people's approaches on how they marketed their websites and their ROI (return on their...

Marketing Traffic

asked Dec 15 '10 at 17:19

John
161 points

Say you have a productline which is ony being offered in one vertical and with some success. Now when you want to exapnd and want to diversify into another unrelated vertical - 1) What gotchas...

Marketing Vertical

asked Dec 15 '10 at 15:24

Paroon Chadha
61 points

A friend of mine recommended 3 years worth of savings in order to start bootstrapping for my self-funded startup. Does this seem reasonable? I had previously been working towards a goal of 1 year's...

Bootstrapped Funding

asked Dec 15 '10 at 13:50

David In Dakota
153 points

I currently run a startup that sells an iPhone app through the App Store. I love that the App Store takes care of the work of charging users, collection of sales tax, basic reporting, etc. and just...

Payments Subscriptions Web App

asked Dec 15 '10 at 12:35

Bill
198 points