Questions

I really want to start my entrepreneurial career, the problem is I don't have money. I am mid-level IT manager, read lot of startup blogs, articles and books and keep planning (aka dreaming) about...

Bootstrapped Venture Entrepreneurs

asked May 16 '13 at 04:27

Ali
179 points

I'm involved in a deal where an industry organization is attempting to white label my software. Their Chairperson is a lawyer, so they are cautious on the legal stuff. They want to be absolutely...

Legal Intellectual Property Partnerships Whitelabel

asked May 15 '13 at 12:34

Dmurtagh
157 points

We are currently three partners in a tech start-up. I'm the founder and hold 85% of the stake. One of my partners is building the analytical engine which is kind of the backbone of our business and...

Equity Web Entrepreneurship

asked May 15 '13 at 12:01

Tech Entrepreneur
6 points

We are in process to start a new consulting business on B2C model and would like to hire new resources with ample domain expertise and ability to add value to our organisation at director/head...

Hiring Startup Costs

asked May 15 '13 at 02:30

Nick
8 points

I have what I consider to be a simple and great idea. Like many people. Obviously, I won't describe it here, but I'll give a simple example of similar scale for answerers to work with. Say my idea...

Getting Started

asked May 14 '13 at 11:20

Aerovistae
115 points

I noticed that student loan debt is almost never mentioned in articles discussing the acquisition of angel funding and funding from VC's. I have a hard time believing that investors will invest in...

Getting Started Angel Investors Debt

asked May 14 '13 at 07:19

Mr Spock
106 points

We have developed a new product that will hit the travel business soon at Pune India. One part needs to be installed on the cab drivers phone, and the other part needs to be installed on...

Marketing Sales

asked May 13 '13 at 20:43

Siddharth
137 points

Does anyone know if there is any way possible to find revenue statistics for iPhone apps? I am aware of how secretive Apple is with the App Store but is there any way even if its not very...

Iphone Apps Apple

asked May 13 '13 at 05:43

Dimitris
113 points

We are a small online business that has been running for a couple of years. We have an annual turnover of around £35,000, profit on which is around £10,000. We haven't spent much time or effort on...

Valuation

asked May 12 '13 at 10:29

User26210
6 points

We have a great idea for a product in a niche market ripe for a paradigm shift on the way business is done. All we have is a kick-ass business plan with detailed projections, costs, marketing, etc...

Equity Seed Funding

asked May 11 '13 at 05:10

Tim
21 points

I am a married guy in state of Florida and I am in the initial phase of my first web startup. Well, the things are not running smooth at personal level and sooner I will be getting a divorce with...

Getting Started Conflicts

asked May 11 '13 at 04:29

Coder
28 points

I'm very new here but I'm happy to have found this site. I'm thinking of starting a company very soon that is real-estate driven. I want to get some advice/ consult from somebody who has...

Real Estate

asked May 11 '13 at 02:35

Marco Trinidad
13 points

I'd like to ask you for the help/advise to come out of the problem that came out recently in our group. We're working for 3-4 months on the web application similar to http://instagram.com/ or...

Strategy Community Open Source Micro Startup Relationships

asked May 10 '13 at 22:06

Igor
111 points

I've been developing my own websites for a while, earning money by selling virtual items within games. Recetly I just got hired as a developer for the first time. I've making minigames for them,...

Pricing Developers

asked May 9 '13 at 13:45

Niet The Dark Absol
128 points

How does reverse-vesting work? I understand the company has the right to "buy back" shares if the employee leaves early, but how exactly does that work? What price do they pay per share?

Shares Vesting

asked May 9 '13 at 13:24

Gili
178 points

My client and I have agreed to 2 payments. One is due right after signing the contract (due 7 days after) and another when the product is completed. I'm currently drafting the invoice for the...

Finance Payments Invoice

asked May 9 '13 at 11:12

Cloudy Days
18 points

I am a student getting a computer engineering degree, and I have always wanted to develop my own software and sell it, essentially building a startup company I really don't have much business...

Ideas

asked May 9 '13 at 09:57

Dan
118 points

Intended name for my startup seems to be free to use. A search in global/eu/us trademark databases all returned no entity with the same name. TLDs with my domain are either free or offered for...

Launch Incorporation Trademark Domain Name

asked May 9 '13 at 05:15

Eneyee
6 points

I have a question regarding how a certain aspect of trademarks should be interpreted in the general sense, but I'll provide some of the specifics of my situation as a concrete example. The General...

Trademark Publishing

asked May 8 '13 at 07:54

rbwhitaker
3,465 points

I'm considering a startup that starts with a minimum viable product. Despite what I've read, the lean startup feels contra-effective. My question to the community is, what exactly defines a 'lean...

Lean

asked May 7 '13 at 17:54

Kriem
136 points