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1 Votes
2 Answers
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Advertising based on user's email address

I have a website where in some instances I will know the user's email address. Is there an advertising network, where I would submit an email address to retrieve relevant ads and could then display...

asked Mar 14 '13 at 06:45
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Kekito
1,936 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
1.98K Views
Initial Capital Contribution

Is a partnership made official when the operating agreement is signed or after all partners make the required initial capital contribution as outlined in the operating agreement?

asked Mar 13 '13 at 21:12
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Frank
16 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.47K Views
CEO didn't really function for a year+, steps down, but want to keep his equity minus a bit. Make sense?

We are 3 partners, working on a mobile / web startup for a year and 4 months. The CEO didn't put this startup as his #1 priority as he's involved in some other ventures. Apart from a meeting or a...

asked Mar 13 '13 at 08:44
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The Lean Startupist
6 points

5 Votes
4 Answers
2.37K Views
Getting Google Reviews on non-local Saas Business?

I was thinking that it would be nice for our company to have customer reviews come up when someone searches for us on Google. I know this happens for a lot of local business and it seems like a...

asked Mar 13 '13 at 05:32
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Simon
165 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.15K Views
At what stage should I approach a business mentor to join my company?

I have an internet business that I am going to pursue. I am just at the Business plan stage and putting together my team. I have got an excellent internet entrepreneur in mind that I would like to...

asked Mar 12 '13 at 22:14
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Kevin
6 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.84K Views
How much equity to give to the idea guy?

Here's the situation at hand. I'm a designer, entrepreneur. I work with a lot of talented developers etc. One of my non-technical buddies had an idea for an iOS app. He explained it to be through...

asked Mar 12 '13 at 11:37
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Tyler
16 points

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3 Answers
2.14K Views
Equity for Mentoring and guiding a startup

I am a first generation entrepreneur. I am going to start an ecommerce venture with two other co-founders. However, we have a group of people helping us with the development of our product. They...

asked Mar 12 '13 at 02:39
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Jishnu Jagajeeve
1 point

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.22K Views
Setting up a Group/Organization

I currently host an online group that meets once a month for dinner. We recently began hosting small private events that required a minimal cover charge at the door to cover the rental fee of the...

asked Mar 11 '13 at 13:20
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Juli
11 points

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1 Answers
2.31K Views
Meeting with "right" folks?

I have developed a brand new product that meets all the financial (cost / price / marketetr size, etc.) hurdles, as well as the operational constraints (size, weight, strength, portability,...

asked Mar 11 '13 at 12:03
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Charlie
1 point

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.6K Views
How to license closed source free-ware application for distribution to the public?

I have created a small application/tool, and I would like to release it to the public under those conditions: It is free. (donations are welcome) It is closed source. In the future, I might...

asked Mar 11 '13 at 10:51
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Sharp12345
113 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
13.1K Views
How much equity should I give up to the app developers?

I am in the process of designing a mobile app and i'm at the stage where I need to finalise the cost with the developers. They have sent me a quote which I believe to be quite high, however they...

asked Mar 11 '13 at 09:56
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Jack
8 points

5 Votes
4 Answers
2.98K Views
Partner leaving at an idea-stage start up

This question might sound dumb, but I'm at a complete loss of what to do. My friend and I discussed starting a web site business years ago. For about a year and a half, we met every other weekend...

asked Mar 10 '13 at 23:42
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Mimi
26 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.15K Views
How to determine the cost of acquiring participants/beta testers for market research?

I am working on a proposal which will include the cost of acquisition for market research participants. The participants in this case will using a chrome extension and reporting back on their...

asked Mar 9 '13 at 17:14
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Eric G
106 points

5 Votes
1 Answers
4.2K Views
Commission structure for hardware vendor reselling SaaS software

I'd like to get some input on appropriate commission structures for a hardware vendor re-selling my company's add-on software that works with their products. I've read a bunch of the commissions...

asked Mar 9 '13 at 03:43
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Joe
26 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
9.66K Views
Deciding between payment methods for our new website

I am developing a website which will charge our customers monthly fee ($200/month) for membership. So the payment will be recurring automatically. My client (the website owner) wants to reduce the...

asked Mar 9 '13 at 02:26
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Sam Kong
111 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.29K Views
Sharing too much/too little information

I am a recent co-founder of a local start up called HeartCode in Singapore and we're looking for funding to support our operations and product. We have a very strong start-up idea and I took the...

asked Mar 8 '13 at 14:24
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Mauris
113 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.58K Views
Anyone have experience with Bank of America for a new startup?

I've looked over quite a few topics about people asking which bank is best for their small startup. It seems that Bank of America is a decent option (from the responses on this site). The other...

asked Mar 8 '13 at 06:39
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Ephraim
6 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.17K Views
Green card application for founder

We are now at a stage where we'd like to apply for a green card for one of the founders. It seems that this is very difficult to do given that the requirements state that the position for the green...

asked Mar 8 '13 at 06:24
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Conor Power
18 points

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2 Answers
2.5K Views
Revenue share for promotion of mobile apps

I'm a sole android app developer with good quality free apps (games) but not much experience in marketing and promotion of my apps. My biggest problem is that I have little money to promote my...

asked Mar 8 '13 at 02:10
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Relax Factor
1 point

1 Votes
2 Answers
1.84K Views
X percent of sales from now until end of time is too much?

I have a friend Z who has been acting as the middle-man between me and his clients. Z contributes to less than one percent of my business' revenue. The projects that Z refers usually amounts to $1k...

asked Mar 8 '13 at 01:50
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John
170 points