Questions

We're creating a marketplace where expect lots of buyers for digital goods ranging from $1 to $10. Now obviously there are people who initiate chargebacks (costs $15!) without even communicating...

Payments Credit Cards Fraud

asked Dec 27 '12 at 19:19

Nimbuz
174 points

We are currently creating a spin-off from the university, that offers services to biotech/pharma companies. We have tried to reach our first customers by cold emails, but we were not very...

Marketing Strategy Customers Phone

asked Dec 27 '12 at 18:55

Flow
114 points

Im looking to create a small start up at home making bicycle accessories but I have no clue if I would be infringing on any copyright and or patents in doing so. How Do I know if my Company name...

Patent Copyright

asked Dec 27 '12 at 12:39

User22258
31 points

I'm planning on registering for a reseller's permit and it's telling me to register for a business entity. Currently I have a friend who wants to start something with me. Is it a good idea to do...

Business Plan Business Partnerships Sole Proprietorship

asked Dec 27 '12 at 08:54

Andrewliu
101 points

Currently, I have a small software consultancy practice. In fact, its just me. I'm not much of a sales individual, but I've been good enough at it to move along. I believe that in order to grow my...

Sales

asked Dec 27 '12 at 04:28

Startup Leader
140 points

We are college students bootstrapping out tech startup the AirBNB cereal box way and have launched a physical product to help with this effort; we sell exclusively through our own website. This...

Marketing Sales

asked Dec 26 '12 at 22:38

Word Bi Lly
11 points

After several pitches we've kinda positive of closing our seed-funding (amount X) round, which is being funded by my family friends. However, very (un)fortunately for us, the seed investors aren't...

Seed Funding

asked Dec 26 '12 at 07:05

User1798374
16 points

Guy is late coming founder, the company not yet incorporated. I designed the product (several biomed multisensor devices) and taken it from concept to a mature prototype ready for manufacturing (1...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Dec 26 '12 at 00:03

User22242
46 points

tldr; In a company with 3 co-founders, 2(say Adam and Charlie) are pulling in opposite directions, and everything is being decided by committee or things don't move fast enough. Need help exploring...

Co-Founder Entrepreneurs

asked Dec 25 '12 at 20:12

Founder X
21 points

I will be submitting my Android app to bloggers and review sites very soon. My app has two editions: a 30-day free "trial" version, and a paid "pro" version. I've created coupon codes that unlock...

Apps Bloggers Press Release Mobile Apps

asked Dec 25 '12 at 07:34

Barry Fruitman
119 points

We will soon be meeting for the first time with several of our potential customers which are chain-stores to which we will be selling our service. I don't want to uncover too much information...

Pricing Customers Negotiation

asked Dec 25 '12 at 03:29

Orchestrator
149 points

I've been pulling my hair out trying to come up with a domain name for my upcoming social bookmarking web app I've spent hours on thesaurus.com trying to find an unusual name that hasn't already...

Domain Name

asked Dec 24 '12 at 23:44

Richard
357 points

We are going to creating a start up that offers services to biotechs; our deliverable is to discover bioactive compounds in a given biological context (such as pharma). We want to follow some of...

Pricing Customers Lean

asked Dec 24 '12 at 20:42

Flow
114 points

Although we have other options (ACH, Wire, PayPal) but we also want to make payouts to our customers securely, but we're not sure what the ramifications will be. I mean, what if: The check...

Payments Paycheck

asked Dec 24 '12 at 20:05

Nimbuz
174 points

I took a course on gamification it cleared a lot of thing up but I'm still confuse. A gamified app or website has to be build from ground up through the lens of a game designer. So, I think is a...

Getting Started Strategy Competition Business Plan User Experience

asked Dec 23 '12 at 13:33

Zapoo
303 points

We're a two-member team operating from Asia but incorporated in Delaware (for various reasons), and we'll soon release our first webapp. Since the target audience of our app would be US and...

Customer Support Outsourcing

asked Dec 23 '12 at 05:04

Nimbuz
174 points

I've always wondered how its done, is there a standard or just everyone does it randomly? I thought this would be good: xxxxx (5 digits for client ID) xxxxxx (6 digits for DDMMYY) xxxxx (5...

Invoice

asked Dec 22 '12 at 18:52

Nimbuz
174 points

Is there anything stopping me from posting my project on both crowdfunding sites KickStarter and IndieGogo? My rationale for doing so would be that I would expose myself to more people. Are there...

Crowdfunding

asked Dec 22 '12 at 07:09

Randomblue
154 points

I have came up with a term for the company I want to make. Please read it's company not a Product URL. The names that usually came in my mind...

Micro Startup Name

asked Dec 22 '12 at 01:08

Volatil3
108 points

I wonder if publishing a NO-refund policy will prevent the chargeback? As a business, we'll show it where the customers can see it -- on the website and include in emails invoices and sales...

Customers Payments Credit Cards

asked Dec 21 '12 at 19:04

Nimbuz
174 points