Questions

I submitted a provisional patent application from an foreign country to the USPTO a few months ago. I researched and found out my idea worth a non-provisional patent application. (I made it...

Patent Provisional Patent

asked Jan 8 '13 at 18:30

John
26 points

Our company is looking to expand its presence in overseas market. Here are some of the facts that we have: Selling a proven product in local market in overseas market. Since the requirements...

Company Expanding

asked Jan 8 '13 at 13:33

Graviton
871 points

I am currently running a very simple side project which I hope will lead to something bigger. I see quite a few tweets from my competitors customers saying they're using their product for a...

Marketing Customers Competition Traffic Twitter

asked Jan 8 '13 at 07:28

Abs
118 points

I'm wonder how is 30-day moneyback guarantee handled with recurring subscription. Does the customer have to request refund WITHIN 30 days or even for a period of X after 30 days have passed? Whats...

Money

asked Jan 7 '13 at 20:59

Nimbuz
174 points

I recently saw in the news that Punchfork.com was acquired by Pintrest.com for an undisclosed amount. Given Punchfork.com has 100,000 monthly visitors and 80,000 lines on Facebook but no...

Traffic Valuation

asked Jan 7 '13 at 16:30

Craig H
33 points

for a firm in the business industry, specifically in strategic management, finance, HR, is there a more suitable word between consulting and advisory? I mean, does "ABC Consulting" have a...

Advisors Naming

asked Jan 6 '13 at 06:42

Nikolai
125 points

I'm about to launch a product and need to register a company (in order to handle payments for my product, and get a merchant account). I'll give specific information on my own situation below, but...

Incorporation Tax Canada Offshore

asked Jan 6 '13 at 00:25

Nick Budden
129 points

Fifteen years ago my family purchased a franchise. Within five years we realized the books were cooked and the clientele we purchased was not there. We went to court and lost (in my eyes) and...

Getting Started Startup Costs

asked Jan 5 '13 at 08:57

Matt 2.0
188 points

We're trying to decide whether or not to talk to an investor who has invested in a lot of companies, and one of them has some overlap with our product but has a different business model (b2b vs...

Investors Fundraising

asked Jan 5 '13 at 08:13

User22400
21 points

First some context to my question. I started working in a startup a year ago. Since then I've been working part time on it (around 15-20 hours a week) in an informal way (no remuneration), while...

Compensation

asked Jan 5 '13 at 07:40

Lightman
8 points

Reading Lean Startup makes me keen to test the waters and try out some ideas to see if they might eventually become a business. This might involve projects in very different areas with different...

Lean

asked Jan 5 '13 at 07:30

Dave R
101 points

I'm mulling over a business idea, and the part of it that I can't wrap my brain around is the payment processing part of it. Here's a simple example, not really my idea, but an easier example: I...

Ecommerce Payment Gateway

asked Jan 5 '13 at 07:20

J.V.
3 points

Background I am a developer by day, working on some of my own side projects at night. I have been approached recently by an acquintance who makes his living as a business analyst. He has a decent...

Founders

asked Jan 5 '13 at 01:36

Mr Fox
158 points

We have a physical product, with proprietary IP. My partner and I own 98.25% combined. We issued 1.75% ownership to a designer who wanted equity versus working "freelance". The designer owns his...

Co-Founder Equity Pay

asked Jan 4 '13 at 10:47

User22379
6 points

Our startup currently has 5 founders, we're still in the process of seeking seed funding but we have all been working for sweat equity for the past 12 months, some founders have worked longer for...

Equity

asked Jan 4 '13 at 08:29

Tom Paris
11 points

I am considering starting a Tech focused startup. I am married to a German and currently live in Germany but I am a US citizen. I am wondering where is the best place to register a new company, if...

Tax Business Plan

asked Jan 4 '13 at 07:13

Motleydev
8 points

I have a product designed for mobile browsers. When I promote the site to my target audience, I find that they understand the term "app", but terms like "website" or "web application" do not...

Marketing Saas Promotion

asked Jan 4 '13 at 01:32

Ray023
198 points

The owner has an online business which brings in a high $xx,xxx in profits (nearing 6 figures) with minimal costs (hosting, etc). Owner is looking to start fresh with an LLC setup and a partnership...

Equity Negotiation Partnership

asked Jan 3 '13 at 17:49

Elliott
11 points

I have a gaming website that is making me around 3000 Euros monthly. I see great potential to expand this website but it's not a 1 person job and I need to hire a programmer to help me speed up the...

Getting Started Outsourcing Hire

asked Jan 3 '13 at 00:32

Sina Balochi
56 points

This is two questions in one, but they're so closely related that they ought to be addressed together. A. If I were founding a non-technological start up -- say a financial services group -- how...

Technology IT Technical

asked Jan 2 '13 at 08:47

Aerovistae
115 points