Questions

If I'm moonlighting and building the product at night and on weekends - at what point does it make sense to establish a business entity (e.g. LLC, Inc, etc)? Would this make sense to only happen...

LLC Incorporation Payments Legal Legal Entity

asked Aug 13 '13 at 22:23

Code Talk
253 points

There are more than 30000 page views per month to this site. Does anyone know how to generate revenue from it other than the 3rd party ads? Please suggest other ways to generate revenue. My site...

Advertising Revenue Leads

asked Aug 13 '13 at 21:23

Masterbinoy
41 points

We have had a social network website built and after some beta testing with friends and family we are now looking to get more users to register on the site. The site is aimed at posting good news...

Launch Website

asked Aug 13 '13 at 18:21

Rocky O'leary
26 points

I made arrangements for a recent college grad to come in and help us out with some part time development as an independent contractor. The guy does decent work when he's here, but he rarely can...

Motivation Management Employees Human Resources

asked Aug 13 '13 at 02:23

Contrazoom
186 points

Software dev myself - been working on startup idea for a four months now - I'm a solo founder ( until I can find the right person) - as previous partnerships were difficult to maintain My...

Getting Started Strategy Startup Costs Day Job Money

asked Aug 12 '13 at 22:33

Code Talk
253 points

8 months ago my friend and i started a business. I was the only person who gave the startup capital and working full time for the business. My partner worked part time for the business and for the...

Equity Partnership

asked Aug 12 '13 at 18:56

Nik
1 point

Is it wise to use a contract when doing business with friends? Even with close friends? I don't understand how to separate friendships and business. It feels cold and almost inhumane to completely...

Contract Legal

asked Aug 12 '13 at 17:01

Jason
123 points

I am an app developer, thinking of releasing an app development service, where I can charge my customers monthly or annually and release their apps from my account on app store. Will this violate...

Legal Apps Apple

asked Aug 12 '13 at 03:22

Happyhardik
101 points

In order to float this particular startup, I need a prize mechanism that can: 1) take money from a crowdfunder like Kickstarter; 2) select a winning volunteer based on the funders' votes; and 3)...

Non Profit Crowdfunding

asked Aug 11 '13 at 15:08

Michael Allan
1 point

When I note expenses for tax deductions, the IRS states that assets aren't considered 'assets' until they are in use by the business. As a new business, we have items such as computers, desks,...

Tax USA

asked Aug 11 '13 at 13:36

Cbronson
3 points

I'm a college student who's about to launch a small web startup with my cofounder. The business plan is a freemium model where we'll be collecting small payments from users for use of the site. We...

Payments

asked Aug 10 '13 at 11:47

Kiljore Trout
11 points

I'm thinking of starting a new educational institute. One of the plans I had in mind was to use a call center with a good ACD (Automatic Call Distribution ) capability, so that each customer would...

Software Business

asked Aug 9 '13 at 17:29

Saeed Neamati
153 points

I have a small online retail store, making products for R/C hobbyists. The advantage of my product is that it is made in the USA out of quality aircraft aluminum, versus the competition, which is...

Contract Online Retail

asked Aug 7 '13 at 03:33

Chris
116 points

A partner and I are working on a web-based service and have reached the prototype phase - I've completed a working prototype of the website and we are now in the process of refining what we have....

Getting Started Co-Founder

asked Aug 7 '13 at 02:02

Shereth
11 points

A partner and I have been working through a business idea centered around a website & mobile app. We've worked through the conceptualisation, version 1 designs, research and some very basic...

Equity

asked Aug 6 '13 at 22:59

Eagarmatt
1 point

We are in a bit of a rough situation here. We have a team of 8 that seems to be committed to what we are doing. Most of them have full time jobs. Our start-up is more like a part-time or side thing...

Co-Founder Motivation Management Side Projects

asked Aug 6 '13 at 16:47

Noah
138 points

After reading couple of work-life & time management questions, I'd like to ask, how much did you work, especially in the beginning (hours per week). I've been making preparations in the...

Work Life Entrepreneurs Time Management

asked Aug 5 '13 at 21:23

Gspia
113 points

With a single-member LLC what is the best way to handle business expenses? Should I pay directly out of my business checking account, use my business credit card, or pay personally and then get...

Expenses

asked Aug 5 '13 at 16:11

John E Watson
14 points

My startup uses virtualisation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor ) to allow anyone with a decent PC to make some money by renting out their computer over the internet. I'm a technologist at...

Marketing Pitch

asked Aug 5 '13 at 02:41

Steve
310 points

We are building a SaaS app where most of the features will be add-ons. Customers can add and remove features at any time and the amount is charged or prorated to their account. One of the things...

Billing

asked Aug 4 '13 at 11:32

F21
142 points