Questions

I'm building this mentoring web app and as much as possible I want it to be free. Initially I'll be using my own money to set it up but I also don't want to keep paying for the infrastructure costs...

Getting Started Business Model Web App

asked Oct 9 '13 at 09:17

Marconi
101 points

So I have this idea for a good startup. I've set up a prototype and proven that it works. I have filled in the forms, done all the bureaucracy, know almost exactly how much I need to keep it...

Getting Started

asked Oct 9 '13 at 02:40

Dsanders
11 points

we won a grant in an Italian incubator, and to receive that we should establish an Italian company. However, looking forward to gain international investments, we'd prefer having a German or,...

Getting Started UK Legal Legal Entity

asked Oct 8 '13 at 17:35

Serg Ik S
108 points

We are a 4 year old startup and are facing few issues (not yet major) with regards to attrition. We have been of the opinion that if we keep paying the employees as per the market standards and...

Hiring Employees Salary

asked Oct 8 '13 at 15:29

Nitin Srivastava
171 points

I have a holding company which owns 100% of two LTD companies let's just call them A and B If I was to be paid from a company say ABC for work carried out by my company A does my company A have to...

Payments Invoice

asked Oct 8 '13 at 06:12

User28188
8 points

There are three types of "giveaways": Contest (requires skill) Sweepstakes (random chance of winning) Lottery you pay for a chance. But something like a Facebook "like" is considered...

Contests Legal

asked Oct 8 '13 at 06:00

Clay Nichols
737 points

Let's say I have a company where I am the founder and also have 2 employees - E1 and E2. Let's say there are 1000 authorized shares, but only 800 of them are issued. 600 of those shares are...

Co-Founder Founder Incorporation Stock Options Shares

asked Oct 8 '13 at 04:45

Salmon
970 points

A couple of time I heard about people quite interesting by entrepreneurship, but not sure of themselves. They have no strong design or technical backgrounds and they don't necessarily feel skilled...

Culture Learning Events

asked Oct 8 '13 at 03:56

As Te R
115 points

I'm an advisor to a startup that is developing a product for a specific industrial use, with a limited customer base (think of a machine for a companies in a niche industry). The capital costs...

Products Development Customers

asked Oct 6 '13 at 07:50

City Entrepreneur
42 points

We have just completed and launched our web based project and we are preparing for our marketing strategy after that we are sure we will get quite enough attention and users. After researching for...

Ideas Competition

asked Oct 5 '13 at 21:08

Disconnect25
16 points

I started a company in India in June of 2012 focusing on Web & Mobile App Outsourcing Space. In past 1 year we have grown to revenue of $1M+ and we are expanding fast. The company is...

Equity

asked Oct 5 '13 at 17:51

Mukul Gupta
6 points

Car / Lift / Ride Sharing websites are all over the net these days, and they all seem to be offering free registration, free searching, and free information on those offering rides. (e.g. BlaBlaCar...

Business Model Business

asked Oct 5 '13 at 06:48

Ciwan
103 points

Can someone explain the meaning of an "uncapped convertible note with an MFN clause"?

Investment

asked Oct 5 '13 at 06:32

Asker
19 points

We have an online service for creating and sharing work instructions. After a private demo of the software, companies usually go for a free 30-day trial. In our software, we define an administrator...

Saas Terms And Conditions

asked Oct 4 '13 at 00:43

Daniel Frechette
16 points

One of my partners, in an online service startup, is going to put the software design as his investment and share on equity. The rest of us are putting in time and money. But now came up a...

Equity Startup Costs Cost Investment

asked Oct 4 '13 at 00:31

Christian Rojas Alves
8 points

I am planning to start a web service. I really don't understand business stuff, for that reason I need to hire a marketing and another business person. I live in Brisbane, Australia and wanting to...

Funding Investors Australia

asked Oct 2 '13 at 12:34

Sarp Kaya
102 points

I have a product that I created originally as a SaaS solution, but since I was in a market filled with better funded competitors, I decided to change direction and target software developers...

Selling Code Whitelabel

asked Oct 1 '13 at 21:51

Tomasmcguinness
114 points

Our business Greatly simplified: We provide data obtained from localized hardware via sensors (mostly cameras) and make it available on the Internet via an API. Having a good UI for the data is...

Software Contests Outsourcing Business Plan Hardware

asked Oct 1 '13 at 20:53

Feklee
148 points

I got asked this question at a local venture conference recently when pitching our product. I've heard this question a handful of times and I really would like to get some honest feedback on the...

Getting Started Marketing Software Legal Intellectual Property

asked Oct 1 '13 at 12:19

George Mc Dowd
109 points

Assume Bob is looking for a job. Bob has the skills to develop something that within a few months may possibly double or triple the worth of a well established company. The company is aware of...

Equity Negotiation Partnerships

asked Sep 30 '13 at 02:22

Mi Gusta
120 points