Questions

We are a small business and use Xero.com (which is an accounting system without ERP functionality). What we have found that we have at times lost track of items requested by the customer, and have...

Finance Business Process Accounting Invoice

asked Feb 10 '13 at 05:57

G18c
113 points

I created a LinkedIn company page a while back, but never did anything with it. Now I’m considering spending a little bit of time trying to use the company page to create brand awareness and...

Social Media Branding Linkedin Lead Generation

asked Feb 10 '13 at 02:55

Zuly Gonzalez
9,194 points

I have been planning for years and slowly working on launching my own business again. I have read many articles and I have debated on going the route of an investor but I am unsure on if I should...

Investors

asked Feb 9 '13 at 08:22

Matt 2.0
188 points

I keep reading about how search engines like google keep changing and optimizing their algorithms so I wonder how effective SEO is beyond the basics of having the right keywords, robots.txt, etc...

Marketing PR SEO

asked Feb 9 '13 at 04:47

Zugwalt
135 points

I was wondering, if its safe to entirely drop facebook out of the focus and not bother with it at all. The company in question is B2B and sells enterprise level software with licenses range 10k -...

B2B Social Media Facebook

asked Feb 9 '13 at 00:29

user1721135
182 points

a colleagues and I are trying to find the most appropriate name for our startup, is about software consulting for small companies. We already have established a small company that we deal with web...

Strategy Branding Naming

asked Feb 8 '13 at 23:25

Nikolai
125 points

I have been appoached by a private equity firm that has an idea -- a good one -- and $5M. They've asked me to be CEO and make it happen. They requested I make the opening bid for compensation and...

Equity Negotiation Compensation CEO

asked Feb 8 '13 at 13:44

User23925
21 points

I have accounts with various advertisers and affiliate companies - let's just say Amazon Affiliates for the purposes of this discussion - and I've now registered a single-member LLC. During the...

LLC Tax USA

asked Feb 8 '13 at 11:05

Artem Russakovskii
106 points

I have a small internet marketing business that is growing nicely. I'm also a mobile developer on the side. I have a few app ideas I came up with, with a few different friends. Aside from my...

Apps Partnerships

asked Feb 8 '13 at 05:14

Mnort9
201 points

I've spent quite a lot of time, met quite a lot of people, but still am failing at trying to find a cofounder for my startup. I've gone to numerous tech-meetups, met 1:1 with quite a few people,...

Co-Founder Recruiting Founders Problem

asked Feb 8 '13 at 00:41

Code Talk
253 points

Starting local news portal on specific industry. Lets assume, that this is healthcare news, and portal is in French. Question is: where to get news sources for that portal like latest news and...

Website Micro Startup

asked Feb 7 '13 at 21:56

Mark
1 point

I'm developing an app for android, I found an icon that I would like to use, the icon is licensed under the CC Attribution 3.0 Unported license, which says that I can freely use it for commercial...

License

asked Feb 7 '13 at 18:49

Animaonline
113 points

I know a US citizen, I'll refer to as Frank, who was approached by a friends brother, Harry, who owns a mobile data account management company in Canada. This company currently purchases accounts...

Incorporation Foreign International Selling Business Credit Rating

asked Feb 7 '13 at 06:52

Kyle Weller
108 points

I am reading the news that Dell will attempt to go private in a multi-billion share buyout, and it states that: [Michael Dell] will attempt a revival of his struggling computer company without...

Shares Private Label

asked Feb 6 '13 at 21:33

6152142613526
68 points

I am Sakthivel from india. I am willing to start a retail selling business on all solar products to general public in chennai. There are few facts for this decision. My state is in deficiency of...

Getting Started Strategy Ideas Business

asked Feb 6 '13 at 16:23

Codebrain
187 points

I have been developing some software for an online venture in return for significant equity. I am working with another founder who is developing the business. The current thinking is to value our...

Software Equity Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Investors

asked Feb 6 '13 at 07:51

Sam Jolly
116 points

Suppose: Company A owns product P P is managed by company B The sales contract is between A and customers A has a contract with B such that B receives all income generated by P Could B directly...

Sales Payments Accounting

asked Feb 6 '13 at 03:29

Kate
99 points

My business partner and I are looking to start a gymnastics school. We have been told by the bank that we need 100% collateral. It is not uncommon for owners to seek parents of current gymnasts to...

Funding Legal

asked Feb 6 '13 at 01:46

Kendra
11 points

I am working on developing a platform that allows sports fans to interact with their star athletes. I have outsourced social media marketing for initial 2 months. Now we have developed differences...

Getting Started Marketing Social Media Branding

asked Feb 5 '13 at 17:26

Trana
24 points

I recently received my LLC for my business and was able to open my business checking account. Now I have to figure out how to pay myself. When I get my check from my contractor, should I deposit it...

Business

asked Feb 5 '13 at 14:20

Aleshia
36 points