Questions

(also posted on The Workplace ) A friend of mine (no tech bg, but lots of business xp) is planning to found a startup and has invited me to be the CTO. I have some background working in IT and in...

Getting Started Co-Founder Equity Partnerships Shares

asked Jun 2 '13 at 06:14

User26496
1 point

I am making an angel investment into a startup, and as the industry is different from mine and as I'd like to get plugged into that industry, I told the startup founder what I could offer as an...

Advisors

asked Jun 2 '13 at 04:36

User6492
1,747 points

How easy/doable/possible it is for an early small (two man) funded start-up to hire someone how is now working with H1B for another company and we apply for a H1B transfer for him to come join us?

Getting Started Visa USA Hire

asked Jun 1 '13 at 17:44

I Code
111 points

So here is a situation, we are facing. We are three co founders - Saun, Sam and Joel. Saun has been discussing about starting up with Sam and Joel who both happen to be his college mates. All the...

Founder Equity

asked Jun 1 '13 at 17:25

Saun
21 points

My startup needs more software engineers, but I'm not sure how I should advertise this opportunity. Most job offerings promise working on a project for an International Company, and therefore a...

Hiring Job Offer

asked Jun 1 '13 at 03:03

Jani Kovacs
75 points

Up until recently, we used our own messaging system with our application for customers to log tickets and then just email for anyone not a client. We are now trialling Hesk to give us a "proper"...

Customer Support Metrics

asked May 31 '13 at 21:13

Bhttoan
735 points

What is a good example of a Performance metrics to be applied for an early stage startup? I find it very difficult to know how people in the team contribute; thus it's difficult to distribute...

Metrics

asked May 31 '13 at 17:25

Hiro
63 points

I am writing a software product for business use. First few versions were for free, but now I started selling the product. I think that adding at least a short list of companies that are using my...

Software Corporation

asked May 31 '13 at 06:26

Tomasz Grobelny
106 points

Founding my business included a lot of desperation and hard work. Neither do or did I have the social support that was and is necessary to endure tough times. A lot of people recommend working...

Team Support

asked May 30 '13 at 17:44

Zurechtweiser
114 points

Typical Y Combinator Interview Questions says: Where is the rocket science here? The question might be simple for Americans, but I am outside USA, and I haven't found a reliable answer. I need...

Translation

asked May 30 '13 at 16:59

Pim Geek
5 points

I am starting a nonprofit (military family readiness group) that will have completely new board members every 2 years, if not sooner. In other words, I will have nothing to do with this...

Non Profit EIN

asked May 30 '13 at 16:43

Jessica
1 point

I came up with an invention 4yrs ago and just recently took it to invent tech to get help making it. My husband drew out the sketch for me. When I took it to Invent Tech they told me it would cost...

Startup Costs Investors Partnerships Loan

asked May 30 '13 at 01:25

Chardae Keller
14 points

I have been approached by a startup company in France (sorry for my English!) which says it wants me. I'm currently working in the finance industry and being paid around 50K Euros a year, plus...

Salary

asked May 29 '13 at 18:56

Carmellose
16 points

I wasn't aware that I had to pay Franchise Tax in Delaware, whats the worst thing that will happen if I leave the LLC "VOID". Can I still have a good standing LLC in NY?

LLC Legal Tax Delaware

asked May 29 '13 at 04:25

Nsh Please
1 point

I recently decided to end my startup project. I've been working with a few testers and communicating with many potential customers via email blasts. They are expecting us to release a production...

Failure

asked May 28 '13 at 13:34

Sguptaet
242 points

I have read the answers on here and read a few books on the subject but I need more clarity. How would one pay back a investor? Specifically, if I get an investor then how does he get his money?...

Investors

asked May 28 '13 at 13:02

1.21 Gigawatts
109 points

What are some concerns about forming a new company that has the same name as an inactive/void company?

Incorporation

asked May 28 '13 at 12:38

John
8 points

We was discussing the vesting agreement with one of our investors and we proposed a time-based solution. he said that vesting shouldn't be time-based but should depend on KPIs instead. so each...

Founders Vesting

asked May 28 '13 at 09:36

Shreef
21 points

I know that onces a software company makes any software, the aesthetic look and UI look of that software is automatically copyrighted, and thus any other company (read I) cannot copy it. Anyhow,...

Intellectual Property Copywriting

asked May 27 '13 at 21:05

User221287
111 points

I'm contemplating writing an Android version of the dominoes game which I'll release in Google Play and I wondered if there's a chance of committing a copyright infringement by doing so. I did a...

License Gaming Intellectual Property

asked May 27 '13 at 14:49

Asenovm
106 points