Questions

I would like to find a student to do some design work for my website. Is it OK to just give him recommendation letter but not pay?

Payments

asked Feb 1 '13 at 02:05

Marco
130 points

I am working on a startup that provides information services, kind of like dating website but for legal community. I wonder what kind of disclaimers are needed for pictures that show people giving...

Legal

asked Feb 1 '13 at 01:53

User23810
4 points

I've just been offered a developer job at a startup in the current situation. - Pre-Series A. - Current seed funding gives them a valuation of $5 mil. - 4 founders, no employees, 1 founder is a...

Equity Stock Options

asked Jan 31 '13 at 14:36

User23797
31 points

I competed in a Facebook hosted hackathon at my university and my team and I were able to create a product that won second place in the competition - and for discussion's sake lets call it AppX....

Ideas Application

asked Jan 31 '13 at 09:55

Sfb
8 points

We have a software that we use to service our customers. The software processes certain state regulation documentation for a specific industry. We are starting to market this product to our...

Pricing

asked Jan 31 '13 at 08:55

Mins
11 points

I have a great idea for a new product and I am thinking about launching it on Kickstarter, but I have one major problem. I am afraid that someone will steal my product and/or accuse me of stealing...

Ideas Startup Costs Patent Intellectual Property Kickstarter

asked Jan 31 '13 at 07:27

Annonomus Person
204 points

I have recently started reading the blog and I feel it has been really helpful and helped me anticipate problems that I would not have foreseen otherwise. My question is related to the decision of...

Getting Started Strategy

asked Jan 31 '13 at 00:52

Trana
24 points

I have recently launched a new gallery selling my London artwork. I don't mind saying that the problem now is that I am unsure how to push the site forward and begin making sales. I know about...

Marketing

asked Jan 30 '13 at 21:38

Iconic Digital
108 points

Having spent the last 2 years plotting business ideas and dreaming of the day I would resign I have finally given notice and am preparing to begin pursuing my dreams. However I have reached an...

Software Business Model Market Analysis

asked Jan 30 '13 at 14:48

Maxim Gershkovich
234 points

So, I have an idea for a startup and have come up with what I consider to be an excellent name for it, however it contains a cuss word. Specifically "shit ". While I don't want to divulge the...

Company Domain Name

asked Jan 30 '13 at 14:29

Maxim Gershkovich
234 points

As many of you may know advisors can be key to a new startup, esp. with first time entrepreneurs.I wondered, how much time have your advisors say over the last month talked to you? My advisor (as...

Advisors Solo Entrepreneur Support

asked Jan 30 '13 at 11:55

Code Talk
253 points

We are two cofounders with unequal shares in our startup (70/30). If something happened to one of us (death), how are the shares handled in a will? Does the surviving cofounder have to pay...

Co-Founder Shares

asked Jan 30 '13 at 10:42

Jez
6 points

I have been working on a SaaS product for about a year and a half (on and off, among other projects). Lately I have gotten serious about the product. While doing a routine evaluation of competitors...

Legal Competition Terms And Conditions

asked Jan 30 '13 at 09:06

Joe A
1,196 points

This is a general question for company shares: My partner and I have an equal stake in our company. We want to bring in a designer since both of us suck at UI. We have one in mind. Since we own...

Co-Founder Equity Intellectual Property Partnerships Design

asked Jan 30 '13 at 08:53

Joe
1 point

I own a small website hosting and services company. Most of my clients make automatic payments for recurring hosting services. However, what is the appropriate way to handle customers that have...

Hosting Customer Service Billing

asked Jan 30 '13 at 08:43

Matt Beckman
132 points

I run a community for pug owners. It's been around for nearly 7 years and it's a "popular" site within the pug community. It's a completely custom site (I built the whole thing from...

Community Social Network

asked Jan 30 '13 at 04:14

Shpigford
146 points

The two of us are going to found a company and will work on all necessary tasks without taking pay at least for the first year. In this case, are we going to be Executive Directors? If so, will we...

Co-Founder Legal Company Founders Legal Documents

asked Jan 30 '13 at 03:16

Kate
99 points

I've been advised on multiple occasions that agreeing to a finder's fee as a percentage of capital raised is illegal in the United States, unless the "finder" is a licensed broker-dealer. Despite...

Investment USA Investors SEC

asked Jan 30 '13 at 02:33

Channel72
106 points

If you work full-time for a large Fortune 100 company and register a Delaware corporation, will your employer find out about it? Obviously there is some public record, but is this something easy to...

Incorporation Side Projects

asked Jan 30 '13 at 01:38

Paul
128 points

X was working part-time on an idea and after about a year and a basic demo in hand, he talked to two potential people (A and B) who would become co-founders but would work part-time just like X....

Getting Started Co-Founder Ideas Equity Founders

asked Jan 29 '13 at 19:53

Vibgy
6 points