Questions

We are building an SaaS service that will be billed on a monthly basis. For example, if the user's service starts on 4th December 2012, then we bill them on 4th December 2012 for the month's fees....

Subscriptions Billing

asked Dec 5 '12 at 14:24

F21
142 points

We are college students currently developing an iPad application and seek a small investment to complete the development before submitting to the app store. We have tried several avenues for asking...

Funding Application Angel Mobile Apps Crowdfunding

asked Dec 5 '12 at 13:35

Grant Wilkinson
105 points

I have idea for the file sharing site. Now, I was thinking to first release the service without pricing options and users base, basically, to offer free but limited service, kind a like free...

Website Web Services Freemium Free MVP

asked Dec 5 '12 at 10:46

Cikatomo
108 points

I am starting a technology business with my 50% partner. We are trying to decide between an LLC and a C-Corp. (We are in Michigan) In our case an S-Corp probably won't work too well. I've read a...

LLC Incorporation Legal Company S Corp

asked Dec 5 '12 at 10:00

Thread7
11 points

I have read the multiple threads about equity splits but I am getting mixed answers. Mainly between this thread which pointed me to this The Founders' Pie Calculator which states it is a rookie,...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Dec 5 '12 at 09:00

Console
8 points

I have written a pretty extensive webapp and it is going to go live in the next fews weeks and before I really publicize it I want to get some professionals to review it for optimization and best...

Software Code Review

asked Dec 5 '12 at 08:17

Clifgray
200 points

I'm trying to push my friend's software to Wikipedia, to do this I need real software reviews, but that seems impossible to get it, I've written emails (with our software free licenses for them, we...

Marketing Software Review

asked Dec 5 '12 at 05:13

Bartosz Wójcik
111 points

To my knowledge, to invest in a private company in the United States, a person has to be an accredited investor. But what about these friends and family rounds that I hear so much about - friends...

Investors

asked Dec 5 '12 at 03:25

Genadinik
1,821 points

What terms can be written into an agreement to make sure that a product developed with an outside company meets quality standards such as uptime, speed, etc?

Products Development Product Development Cycle

asked Dec 5 '12 at 00:50

Chris
4,214 points

There are currently 3 cofounders and 1 of them is an engineer other 2 are sales representatives. Many of the times technical cofounder doesn't agree with our views and is backed by his team...

Co-Founder Founders

asked Dec 4 '12 at 21:51

Santu
156 points

In my mind i have two companies. A in the A industry and B in the B industry. Even though in some cases those two industries may have things in common, they are different. Of course, name...

Getting Started Management

asked Dec 4 '12 at 12:21

Nikolai
125 points

There are a couple startups I'm thinking about joining. They are in very early stages (seed round or incubation). I am interested in the position of technical co-founder. They've all asked that we...

Co-Founder Contract Equity Technical Lean

asked Dec 4 '12 at 09:57

Scott Coates
111 points

I've developed a web-based RSS reader and it seems the next logical step would be to create apps for the various mobile platforms (iOS, Android, etc.). But I have no idea where to begin and I would...

Development Apps RSS

asked Dec 4 '12 at 07:50

Richard
357 points

Question: What strategies have been proven to work in marketing a crowdfunding campaign? Background: We/I have a project called WikiSeat, and we have tried (unsuccessfully) to run a campaign on...

Marketing Crowdfunding

asked Dec 4 '12 at 05:46

Apis Girl
38 points

I own a startup and a supplier I'm doing business with for the first time has required full advance payment before they start manufacturing. I have received a sample and it covers my...

Supply Chain

asked Dec 4 '12 at 05:01

John
108 points

I want to hire a few developers and support executive for my website. Being an start up, I want to hire them to work remotely to save office expenses but I don't know anything about hiring full...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Remote

asked Dec 3 '12 at 20:32

Sourabh
288 points

Background: My friend and I talked about building an application, saying this is the idea, let's see if we can develop something around it. After thinking about it for a few weeks it seemed not...

Co-Founder Legal Partnerships

asked Dec 3 '12 at 18:40

Patrick Long
11 points

I am starting a company and don't have any major competitors other than one company (who has a similar product and a huge market-share). Sadly this company doesn't sell its product online, you have...

Pricing

asked Dec 3 '12 at 15:43

Taylor Niver
68 points

My daughters have started a bow-making business. One daughter is the crafty bow maker. The other is the outgoing marketer selling the bows to her friends and bringing in the orders. They are having...

Legal Partnerships

asked Dec 3 '12 at 07:54

Alex Geiger
16 points

First question and this is on behalf of a friend of mine. I'm a student developer, so I was hoping someone around here could provide some tangible insight. My friend is not new to starting a...

Getting Started Hiring Entrepreneurs Saas Partnerships

asked Dec 3 '12 at 05:20

Tom Geoco
111 points