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CapitalFactory, Y-Combinator and TechStars are doing great job of helping startups to start up. Does anybody know of a similar initiative in Vancouver, BC, Canada? I am sure people from other...

Incubators Canada Seed Funding

asked Feb 27 '10 at 06:37

Alex
32 points

I am interested in knowing what languages are good to choose for localization of my photo image editing software. There are some obvious choices and some not so obvious ones. Today I was reading...

International Localization Translation

asked Feb 27 '10 at 03:32

Ross
2,288 points

I saw a similar question but posed in a different way with few responses. So thought I'd ask specifically why you are doing a startup? I had drinks with some friends last weekend and one guy I...

Motivation

asked Feb 27 '10 at 02:44

Chris
4,214 points

What does it entail to form LLC in Nevada if I live outside Nevada? I would like to benefit from Nevada's tax/business-friendly laws. I would be the sole founder a software business. The...

LLC Incorporation Legal Tax

asked Feb 26 '10 at 16:16

Bill Paetzke
397 points

I'm looking for more great software tools (than the ones listed below that I already use) to not only create and run a website, but to verify and maintain it. All our websites run on Unix servers...

Software Development Website Tools

asked Feb 26 '10 at 15:42

Gary E
12,510 points

What is the one single challenge that has surprised you the most about doing a start up and what strategies and tactics did you execute to overcome this challenge?

Strategy Tactics

asked Feb 26 '10 at 14:15

Warren E. Hart
2,181 points

What are the methodologies you use to determine if a person would make a great marketer? For instance, I may be looking for someone who has great instinct about what the market wants and able to...

Marketing Recruiting Hiring

asked Feb 26 '10 at 13:58

G Rex
683 points

My partners and I are building a site which provides a unique way for merchants to acquire new customers. To guide the development of our initial pricing strategy, we are looking for some...

Marketing Advertising Costs

asked Feb 26 '10 at 12:02

Startup Guy
88 points

I have a couple of friends who are sharp, technical guys that I may be interested in starting a company with. They are vaguely familiar with web startups (as a career), but are not tapped in to the...

Founder

asked Feb 26 '10 at 09:31

Frederick Cook
301 points

So there's tons of documentation and books on project management, agile development, how to manage outsourcing projects, how to send our project offshore, etc... But I'm on the other side, I'm...

Books Outsourcing Consulting Business

asked Feb 26 '10 at 03:05

Rabble
141 points

I am looking for a VC that invests in the homeland security or access control industries... Is there a website where I can search for VC's according to the field in which they invest? I found...

Venture Capital Investment Investors

asked Feb 26 '10 at 01:11

Ron Ga
2,181 points

I would like to use some commercial music for the opening of a podcast series. Can I use it without licensing the usage if I use a short fragment? If at all possible, how short? I once read...

Licensing

asked Feb 25 '10 at 20:25

Pietro Polsinelli
125 points

Boring subject, I know, but... I am looking to set up my company's accounts shortly and would appreciate some guidance from more established business operators. I don't know if there is any...

Accounting Bookkeeping

asked Feb 25 '10 at 18:51

Steve Wilkinson
2,744 points

Other than google alerts... I'd like to know anytime "StarStreet" "sports stock market" "starstreetsports.com" are mentioned. Anything out there I should be using in addition to google alerts?

Analytics Tools

asked Feb 25 '10 at 16:38

Jer Levine
173 points

For the last year I have been running a blog called Lean Startups Blog. I want to take it to another level by inviting guest posters and possibly inviting some of my friends to co-run it with me. I...

Blog SEO

asked Feb 25 '10 at 14:37

Apollo Sinkevicius
3,323 points

There is a proposal lately to push the US government to create a startup visa for brilliant innovators/entrepreneus from outside USA. With this visa, it is said that these innovators will be...

Funding Venture Capital Legal

asked Feb 25 '10 at 13:05

Jpartogi
1,342 points

Is it better to run a payroll, pay all the extra taxes, so the company has more of a structure down the road when trying to do an angel round? Or leave the company out of it, and just use your...

Salary

asked Feb 25 '10 at 09:14

Doug G
446 points

Sorry for asking such a simple question, but what does it mean to opensource a platform?

Open Source Platforms

asked Feb 25 '10 at 06:57

Raed
101 points

I would like to know what is the best way to hire someone to help you building a web-site. I heard about guru.com and elance but I am not convinced that I can get someone from there who can help me...

Development Outsourcing Website

asked Feb 25 '10 at 06:54

Gyurisc
143 points

I wanted to get some suggestions from others in the Answers.Onstartups community on who the Startup Success Podcast should seek out to interview. Which people have you've read, listened to at a...

Podcast

asked Feb 25 '10 at 05:47

Bob Walsh
2,620 points