Questions
Do customers care if I reply at three in the morning, or will they think it's unprofessional?
596 points
I am working on a B2smallB business plan and looking for data on the total number of U.S. businesses. In particular, I am looking for projections on the total number of U.S. firms for the next five...
482 points
I have a friend who is contemplating shutting his start-up down. Because he has more liabilities on the books than assets he would have to file for some form of bankruptcy (I think). My question is...
I co-founded a BtoB technology startup about 2 years ago with one partner. In the first 1.5 years we Quit our corporate jobs and worked (mostly) full time Completed the majority of technical...
254 points
What is involved in starting a bank? I am aware that rules might differ from country to country. But let's say I wanted to start an online bank in the US. What is needed?
1,296 points
Why do you want to build a start-up company?
1 point
I'm working on a startup that is providing web-based application. We have over 600 paying customers, which is 5% market share in that particular niche. It takes 2 persons to drive this business,...
215 points
I just got my kindle and already bought several books. I hear from most people who bought it that they do in fact buy a lot of books once they get it. It's a simple as buying music in the iTunes...
One reason I can understand is that they don't want competitors to find out the features of their product hence releasing their own product before they get a chance to release it themselves. I...
I'm beginning a startup at my school. Right now its just me doing all the work, but i am gathering a team that will ideally be my co-founders. I wont be incorporating any time soon, but i will be...
818 points
I had the idea for my startup two years ago. I discussed it with a friend and over time we agreed to be partners in the venture together, with a 50-50 equity split. We signed a tentative agreement...
621 points
I'm reflecting on the ideas of businesses partnering with other businesses who are targeting the same audience. The idea would be to "partner together" and help promote one another. eg. Business...
460 points
Obviously determining Market Size is a vital step in starting a business. With ecommerce or the sale of a product it seems to be a much more concrete process. On that note, does anyone have any...
818 points
I live in Colombia and have a web service, I would like to create a company in the US so I can receive payments from there. Is there a way to create a company without traveling there like this...
16 points
I'm looking to ask someone to be on the board of Directors for my startup. The compensation can be money, stock, or a percentage. Update: I'm looking for someone to guide me on the business side...
21 points
I'm not entirely clear on what's proper nomenclature... is there a difference? Say there are two individuals starting a company, is it proper to call them both "founder" or is "co-founder" the...
798 points
I need to know if there are any companies which are providing email databases of teachers across India. I would like to send invites for a newsletter related to technology and education which we...
96 points
Hey all, I'm sitting here trying to list all the costs that will go into building my first website, assuming I have all of the coding done in house. Here's what I have so far: Cost of hosting and...
818 points
I'm starting a business that helps small businesses build and maintain a website. I will be managing most aspects of the website, including domain names and email addresses. I like the idea of...
138 points
I want to start charging for some features on my site, but I don't have the business side sorted out yet. As a South African, I was thinking of starting an LLC in Delaware for example and my...
108 points
