Questions

I am stuck between a few choices for my turnkey Project management system: a library that uses GPL and an inferior library that is under MIT license. I am wondering if I don't distribute the...

Software Licensing

asked Jul 10 '13 at 18:54

Somesh Mukherjee
149 points

My dad has a business idea. Being much older than me, and having previously worked in software companies for decades, my dad is more experienced in business than I am - although he has never ran or...

Getting Started Co-Founder

asked Jul 8 '13 at 16:56

Kevin
31 points

Have many startups received unsolicited requests from people to serve as advisory board members? Are those types of unsolicited requests usually accepted, as long as the person who wants to be an...

Advisors

asked Jul 8 '13 at 09:07

User6492
1,747 points

I am currently involved in a Canadian tech startup, and as I am about to enter equity negotiations, I would like to clarify the ownership and copyright of the code base, to better understand the...

Co-Founder Technology Equity Canada Copyright

asked Jul 8 '13 at 08:55

Chris
6 points

I recently left a position at a firm where I was the only project manager,(small business) because I knew the owner was looking to retire soon, and I never felt I was recognized for all my efforts....

Job Offer Jobs Opportunity

asked Jul 7 '13 at 06:44

User26917
16 points

I have been working on my internet startup and need a tech co-founder to help me get the project actually going. I am finding it extremely hard to find a co-founder with programming...

Co-Founder Technical Internet College

asked Jul 7 '13 at 05:49

Dillon Carter
14 points

We're in the process of hiring our first employee and trying to figure out logistics given that we're making the employment offer in parallel with our seed funding. All of our current funding up to...

Hiring Equity Venture Capital Stock Options Convertible Note

asked Jul 6 '13 at 11:07

User26911
6 points

Since I am on H1 visa and I am not supposed to work/ contribute directly to my own company, what would be the best way to manage company proceedings. If I plan to hire a manager, who would get...

Getting Started USA

asked Jul 6 '13 at 04:22

User596374
116 points

I have a site I am launching within the next couple of weeks. The site will be providing a service to connect people locally within there region (city,state etc..). The question is, should I...

Software Online Service

asked Jul 6 '13 at 00:12

Justin
50 points

I am looking for a technical co-founder to join myself and the other founder in the development of some software for a start-up with with a great market. The problem is I'm 16. We both have some...

Software Co-Founder Development

asked Jul 6 '13 at 00:09

Jason
41 points

I'm developing some school communication/information software for mobile and browser and I have a question about ads. I was going to have a resources section where people can post useful links and...

Software Development Advertising Communication

asked Jul 5 '13 at 18:11

Jason
41 points

I have two other cofounders for my startup and I'm trying to figure out the equity split situation. My question revolves more around if I give out too much equity, how can I remain in control as...

Equity CEO

asked Jul 5 '13 at 11:03

User26898
6 points

We're finalizing the details of a new shareholders agreement but we're stuck at setting the EBITDA multiple that will get used for future valuation of the company. The agreement was written by one...

Technology Legal Social Network Valuation

asked Jul 4 '13 at 18:24

Shreef
21 points

Haven't been able to find a clear answer to this (as there may not be one), but what happens to the code of closed down startups? Putting aside the issue of whether they took VC or not, and...

Legal Code

asked Jul 4 '13 at 03:53

User464180
159 points

An open source project I designed & developed as my thesis in grad school has been continuing development through a non profit organization that hired me full time. Throughout my work there,...

Getting Started Legal Open Source

asked Jul 4 '13 at 01:54

Kim Prisin
16 points

my business partner and i recently decided to terminate our partnership. primarily my decision, but he reluctantly has agreed. we have one concept (a web consumer service/app) that we spent 6...

Equity Founders Agreement Dilution

asked Jul 3 '13 at 23:53

User732013
1 point

We have two different spaces in our office. one, in front of our building, contains our call centre, in the back we have our software development team. Our call centre team seems to like a serious...

Office Team Office Space People

asked Jul 3 '13 at 23:42

Sd Reyes
156 points

Sorry if this has already been answered, but I could not find it anywhere. My company is based in Austin, TX, US, and is an LLC. Do I have to pay sales tax on open invoices? I.e., Invoices for...

Sales LLC Tax USA Invoice

asked Jul 3 '13 at 12:39

Kevin Soviero
180 points

I have been developing a web-based eCommerce niche app for the past year and am getting close to launching. While I cannot disclose too many details, lets just call it a sort of Shopify, but taking...

Funding Venture Capital Seed Funding Seed

asked Jul 2 '13 at 22:01

User1227914
131 points

I received offer from company that just raised Series A round. I'm trying to determine a method of finding out how much my stock options are worth. They gave me multiple offers with varying...

Venture Capital Employees Tax Stock Options

asked Jul 2 '13 at 16:34

Harmon
6 points