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4 Votes
3 Answers
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Correlating trialware expiration with date of purchase

It makes intuitive sense that customers who complete the trial* version of your software are more likely to purchase it, but it cannot be so easily deduced that the converse is true, i.e. that...

asked Dec 9 '10 at 17:29
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Pate
306 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.16K Views
How to share the profit in a LLP company?

After successfully building an online business as sole proprietor, I decided register my company as Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) company. Now we are two partners. How will we share the...

asked Dec 9 '10 at 17:16
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User5879
9 points

12 Votes
1 Answers
2.86K Views
Startup Documentaries for IT industry

I am looking for more startup documentaries/movies. The ones I have seen: On Startups E-Dreams Startup dot com and its follow up ABC News UpClose Kaleil Tuzman The Social Network On PC industry...

asked Dec 9 '10 at 14:20
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Ben
522 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
3.47K Views
How do you convince a partner to put in the same amount of work?

I have a partner for our small business and over the past few months he has been putting in less and less time in the business. Its a small business we both operate as mail order. I handle the...

asked Dec 9 '10 at 07:49
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Frank
2,079 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
4.15K Views
How often do I need to renew a DBA?

I have googled to find an answer but all I was able to find was it is 5 years in CA and 10 years in TX. I would like to learn it for SC, GA and FL. And, is there a specific time to do this? Any...

asked Dec 9 '10 at 03:25
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Ncakmak
180 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
2.75K Views
What percentage should I take for this Google Adwords work?

A company is going to hire me to call up all of their clients and sell them Adwords services (like setting up new campaigns and maintaining them). After the client agrees I'm also the one who is...

asked Dec 9 '10 at 02:27
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Dennis
176 points

9 Votes
4 Answers
4.57K Views
Finding a good lawyer / accountant for my startup

I have been told that deciding how and when to incorporate my startup is best answered by speaking to an accountant or lawyer about my individual needs. Besides relying on referrals, how can I...

asked Dec 9 '10 at 00:29
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B. Kennedy
66 points

3 Votes
8 Answers
5.58K Views
What country of the world has lowest taxes?

What parts of the world have developed infrastructure, cheap fast internet, transportation, and cheap energy; and the lowest taxes as well?

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asked Dec 9 '10 at 00:00
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Psihodelia
137 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.98K Views
How to split profit in a property management business inc between two owners?

My friend and I are starting a property management business (inc). How do we determine profit sharing? We charge property owner a set percentage as a fee. We are thinking 50/50 on everything losses...

asked Dec 8 '10 at 14:21
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User5860
6 points

4 Votes
8 Answers
4.43K Views
A good VPS hosting solution?

Currently I'm using a VPS from Network Solutions, they are running Fedora Core release 6. It's ancient and they are not going to upgrade it. I want a VPS with the latest, or at least not so old, OS...

asked Dec 8 '10 at 11:49
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Charles Visio
23 points

9 Votes
4 Answers
5K Views
Advisable amount of equity to part with during seed funding

What is the advisable range of the amount of equity to part with during seed funding? If I give too much then I risk becoming an employee at my own company during a later round. Worse yet I risk...

asked Dec 8 '10 at 09:19
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John Berryman
388 points

3 Votes
5 Answers
2.42K Views
What business schools are best for entrepreneurship?

Again, what business schools are best for entrepreneurship?

asked Dec 8 '10 at 09:15
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John Berryman
388 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.94K Views
Cheap alternative to Performable

I love the concept of www.performable.com however pricing is ridiculously expensive for a small-medium startups. Is there any cheap alternative for Performable? I'm actually interested in...

asked Dec 8 '10 at 06:00
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The Dictator
2,305 points

7 Votes
6 Answers
7.81K Views
Can I purchase a domain name now or wait until incorporated?

I've just begun the process of incorporation but would like to secure a domain name. How does this work? Do I need to purchase the domain name underneath the incorporation? Or can I purchase now...

asked Dec 8 '10 at 03:56
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Ryan
162 points

0 Votes
3 Answers
3.63K Views
The case of a co-founder (seeking answers on compensation/equity stake)

I am writing to describe my entrepreneurial venture and seek your comments on what I should expect for myself as the new company gets started. My colleague of many years at my previous company (a...

asked Dec 8 '10 at 00:51
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Aaron Smothers
56 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.26K Views
Some kind of chicken and egg problem

I built a web site, that people can reserve sport fields. I talked to sport facilities and told them that, they can sell their unreserved hours through this web site. Most of them accepted to join...

asked Dec 7 '10 at 20:47
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Skuzey
6 points

-2 Votes
4 Answers
1.95K Views
What major in US universities is closest to entrepreneurship?

What major in an American university teaches you exactly how to make money?

asked Dec 7 '10 at 19:30
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Steven
1 point

5 Votes
6 Answers
4.76K Views
When freemium goes bad, How to fix?

Basically we went down to freemium path quite a while ago, now got thousands of users who don't convert and free version cannibalizes sales (there is no exact way to figure out numbers on this one...

asked Dec 7 '10 at 09:23
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The Dictator
2,305 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
2.51K Views
Shared investment platforms

I'm very excited to see this beta version of the stackexchange platform! I just had a question I'm sure you guys can answer : I'd like to invest a percentage of my money every month in startup...

asked Dec 7 '10 at 08:37
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Julien
138 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.88K Views
Financial model examples for downloadable content subscriptions

We're preparing a pitch deck for our startup which looks to partly make money from downloadable content. We'd like to add a subscription model for the content, and we are looking for examples of...

asked Dec 7 '10 at 01:50
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B20000
126 points