Questions

My two partners and I formed a corp about a year ago. Setting it up like we each owned 1/3 of the company. While in truth two of us had invested all the capital and the third was doing some of the...

Group Buying

asked Feb 5 '13 at 12:51

Triple C
11 points

I have an idea and talked to about 14 people who have all said it's a good to great idea. Based on this positive feedback, I have built (in about a week) a very primitive semi-working prototype...

Interviews Customer Feedback Early Adopters

asked Feb 5 '13 at 12:10

Elenesski
100 points

I am trying to narrow down the type of manufacturing a brewery represents. Browsing wikipedia lists a number of styles and a few fit. I think it falls somewhere on the lean / agile / JIT spectrum...

Manufacturing Brewery

asked Feb 5 '13 at 07:05

Dean Brundage
256 points

I am a graphic design intern under my OPT and would like to open my own graphic design studio here in the US. So I was wondering whether I need money more than 100k or can I start with a lower...

Legal

asked Feb 5 '13 at 06:30

Della
1 point

As the owner of a UK software company, I'd like to finish a SaaS application I've had in development for a while and sell it as a monthly subscription service. The software could be sold...

Patent Saas

asked Feb 5 '13 at 01:16

Mike H
46 points

Is there a method or set of methods for writing the financial forecasts and profit loss statements for the next two years of business when you have never actually traded? These documents are often...

Marketing Finance Business Plan Financial Forecasting

asked Feb 4 '13 at 14:46

Matthew
63 points

I have the following situation: My product is enterprise software and costs 50k. We don´t want our competitors getting their hands on it, so we dont offer a downloadable trial. A potential...

Software

asked Feb 3 '13 at 20:43

user1721135
182 points

I'm trying to work out the viability of a web service and I'm trying to wrap my head around the impact that increasing numbers of users will have on costs. This is mostly a concern about not...

Startup Costs Cloud

asked Feb 3 '13 at 13:38

Simon Gill
104 points

In a subscription-model context, a customer can be offered to pay for a year in advance in exchange for a rebate. This might be desirable for the business for cash flow reasons. In accrual...

Subscriptions Accounting Cash Flow

asked Feb 3 '13 at 09:33

Jonallard
106 points

If I find an advertisment on a site such as craiglist and use the ad on my site to connect one of my users with the original advertisment poster can that cause any legal problem? I am reposting...

Legal

asked Feb 3 '13 at 05:29

Desmond
9 points

I was just thinking of building a web app(for learning purposes) that would let users upload their music files on to a server and then create playlists that could be heard from anywhere in the...

Piracy Web App Cloud

asked Feb 3 '13 at 04:50

Karthik Kannan
156 points

So now the business logic, back-end development, are all done. The website is built with Twitter Bootstrap, look and feel are basic, but not top notch. Should I spend more time...

Web Design

asked Feb 3 '13 at 03:38

Victor
593 points

My friend runs a website called XYZ.com but hasnt copyrighted the name XYZ. I would want to use XYZ as the name of my startup too and would like to copyright it this time. Do i have to ask him...

Getting Started Copyright

asked Feb 2 '13 at 14:38

Karthik Kannan
156 points

We are a location based social network connecting like minded people. We are ready with our product and want to select a city to start marketing. Basic costs touch upto $5k a month just for...

Marketing Location Social Network

asked Feb 2 '13 at 06:32

Rajiv Singh
14 points

How to fire a co-founder, which means mainly how to remove him from the funding process. We decided to get ride of one of our co-founder, we didn't fund yet, and we wanted to give him 20% share,...

Funding

asked Feb 2 '13 at 05:32

John
3 points

We want to launch a website where we put information about movies, music and more. Each item (movie, music etc.) will have it's own page. On this page there will be some information about the item,...

Legal Website Copyright

asked Feb 2 '13 at 04:17

Oskar Persson
109 points

I started work at a company a few months back. I was brought in to head up a new division in the company. That division is separating as it's own LLC. I won't be investing any money into the new...

LLC Equity Tax Liability

asked Feb 2 '13 at 02:43

Jane
11 points

Basically I want to start a company. I realize you cannot use this software for commercial purposes; hence the name. Basically I have lots of "Non-commercial" software installed on my main...

Software Legal Computers

asked Feb 1 '13 at 09:33

Annonomus Person
204 points

We are an early stage web startup, and do not have anyone with deep financial experience on our team. Is not a likely option at this point. We are pitching to investors in a contest setting next...

Pitch Financial Investors

asked Feb 1 '13 at 08:38

Laramie
192 points

I'm currently starting up a mobile social networking application with zero funding. The app is currently in the mvp stage with a very thorough business plan, and my business partner and I are...

Advisors Equity Startup Costs Legal

asked Feb 1 '13 at 04:29

User23813
13 points