Questions

I have heard a lot from business people that the most important things for a startup are people, idea, team. But is it really important to register the startup's business name first before looking...

Getting Started

asked Sep 9 '13 at 08:29

Abel Melquiades Callejo
47 points

Does an entrepreneur really need to rely on incubator for angel or venture funding? I feel if an entrepreneur is already confident of a business and has sound business plan, should be given angel...

Venture Capital Incubators Angel Investors Entrepreneur

asked Sep 8 '13 at 21:42

Prakash
6 points

We're a software company, including like 35 employees, working in a very specific field. We have 3 stakeholders, and each of them have like 30 percent of the overall shares. We just can't...

Incorporation Company Branding Limited

asked Sep 7 '13 at 18:14

Saeed Neamati
153 points

A certain candidate applied for a certain company. The company asked the candidate to write some code for the interview process, and it turned out to be quite well written and could qualify as a...

Intellectual Property

asked Sep 6 '13 at 15:36

Somesh Mukherjee
149 points

Issue, that bothers me: every day 10-15 people adds my application via Chrome Store. But I don't feel like they are using website or coming back (and bounce rate among them is nearly 100%). From...

Getting Started Traffic

asked Sep 6 '13 at 06:03

Joe Half Face
188 points

I hope I am posting this in the right board. My problem Making a new commercial Application name I don't understand how to read the trademarks Afraid of breaking trademark rules and have to...

Trademark Name

asked Sep 6 '13 at 03:12

Alice
108 points

I'm a developer, interested in developing a mobile app related to ATMs which would have virtual credit cards. I've been trying to find a way how card details are validated by ATMs, hence needed to...

Credit Cards Bank Validation

asked Sep 6 '13 at 00:36

Hasitha
101 points

We need to find a new accountant. The investor we hope to get on board in the next fortnight is recommending his who is a great guy, but we think it might be a bad idea to use our investor's...

Investors Accountants

asked Sep 5 '13 at 20:36

Andy P
11 points

I am planning to startup in a few months and I need some advice. The startup cost should not exceed $10,000 and I will share equity with a partner. How many shares should we authorize? How much...

Funding Equity Startup Costs

asked Sep 5 '13 at 10:46

User27734
1 point

Do I need bothh a tax ID and a DBA to start a small business? I plan to do personal training part time at my home or the home of my clients.

DBA

asked Sep 5 '13 at 05:29

User27731
6 points

Suppose I have a web application where the intention is ultimately to go the freemium route, with some users paying for extra features, and others having a smaller set of features for free, while...

Business Model Freemium

asked Sep 4 '13 at 23:48

rbwhitaker
3,465 points

We had a software engineer who joined our startup for two months. We only signed an NDA with him. The engineer was supposed to get equity but our negotiations broke down and we parted ways. During...

Contract Copyright Code

asked Sep 4 '13 at 23:36

Karl
16 points

Me and a friend are building a website together. At the moment, it's been great just learning but we have a mind that if it got successful enough eventually we would like to monetize it. We want...

Domain

asked Sep 4 '13 at 23:25

Stickman
106 points

I am currently building a construction business that is heavily driven by systems and processes, the system is built on the basis of engagement and transparency at all levels to ensure that...

Funding Investors

asked Sep 2 '13 at 21:29

Rsimms
6 points

One of my Aunt buys raw materials from her Kashmiri(Indian) friends and sells hand made or designed dress materials. She doing this for quite some time and very happy doing it as its keeping her...

India Application Website Online Retail

asked Sep 2 '13 at 14:57

Sandiip Patil
35 points

I am working on an innovative product that uses a GNU GPL licensed library and per GPL needs open-source my work as well. Could that protect me from patent litigation? I am worried since my former...

Patent Intellectual Property Open Source Software Licensing

asked Sep 2 '13 at 12:52

Gupshup
52 points

I am investing 30k in a new business with pre-tax money I made this tax year by way of my sole proprietorship. I'm I able to write this off somehow, besides the 10k for start-ups?? If not I was...

Startup Costs Tax Investment USA Sole Proprietorship

asked Sep 1 '13 at 16:28

Mike C.
16 points

As my FB ad campaign says, 50 people clicked ad and went to my site (I double checked, URL is correct, it leads to my site). But in my Google analytics is nothing. No traffic from Facebook at all....

Advertising Facebook

asked Sep 1 '13 at 04:33

Joe Half Face
188 points

A & B have started a company a few months back. Both of them have built the product together and are equally enthusiastic about its success. However, Mr. A has been involved full time (in the...

Co-Founder Equity Founders Agreement Fulltime

asked Sep 1 '13 at 03:58

Andysax
6 points

I was the original registrant and owner of the domain name my (former) company website. The company never "acquired" nor did I assign it to the company. The company is now threatening that I should...

Website Intellectual Property Domain

asked Aug 31 '13 at 10:41

Gupshup
52 points