Questions

For the past 6 months or so I have been working on a project with 2 partners. Here's the breakdown: Partner 1: Finance, marketing, sales, legal Partner 2: Product dev, design, branding Me: Tech,...

Legal Website Partnership Intellectual Property

asked Apr 13 '12 at 13:27

Miles
130 points

so kickstarter FAQ mentions the tax considerations (and lack of) for BACKERS, but what about for the person you contributed to For instance, take a project like OUYA all funds went to Boxer8 Inc....

Tax Kickstarter

asked Aug 20 '12 at 04:52

Cqm
137 points

As our startup is growing, and in order to provide more time for the founders to work on the business instead of administrative tasks, we'll be hiring an office manager. This person would be...

Credibility Office Human Resources Virtual Assistants

asked Apr 15 '14 at 01:57

Donald Keeling
17 points

I created a twitter crowdsourcing contest to get some tagline help and raise pre-launch awareness (build a great tagline and get an iPhone). http://roadbud.com/iphone-contest/ The problem is, I'm...

Marketing Contests Twitter

asked Feb 11 '10 at 22:01

Mike Schoeffler
100 points

my website should be multi language, but every native speaker can see in the first sentences that the translation (by us) is not good enough. So I have two possibilities: Let a native speaker...

Outsourcing Website

asked Feb 18 '10 at 23:52

Steffen Binas
116 points

I am working on the project which is in its pre beta stage. This is a web based service that allows to distribute some content in a printed format. I got several offers from investors and printing...

Investors Partnerships

asked Sep 30 '10 at 05:08

User4535
16 points

I know little (okay, nothing) in marketing... I have the checklist from Bob Walsh (of 47 hats) as to what steps to take next with respect to targeting my prospective clientele and building out a...

Marketing Software

asked Nov 6 '10 at 11:21

Igorek
886 points

We all know how important it is to remain positive. In the face of insurmountable odds, the strong are those that are able to see the potential, the positive and the path to success. The...

Motivation Leadership

asked May 24 '11 at 02:10

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

I'd like to have a software product for my consulting company. I have no idea what, but I figure there's got to be a lot of "dead" software products and failed businesses out there that people have...

Software Ideas

asked Dec 23 '11 at 06:18

User11476
141 points

I have been looking for a co-founder for several months and haven't found anyone I click with. Rather than going to meetups and networking events to try and find one, I've decided to just learn how...

Launch Solo Entrepreneur Development Code Cofounder

asked May 14 '15 at 12:59

Paul Rodriguez
19 points

Obviously, generally liability is a must have, but is it necessary to carry errors and omissions insurance? What should I consider when deciding whether or not to carry it?

Insurance

asked Oct 10 '09 at 15:39

Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

Don't laugh, but I'm working on a website idea that isn't novel in any particular way. It doesn't do anything new except service a niche industry in my world view of "better". I very well...

Marketing Acquisition Email Users Clients

asked Feb 25 '11 at 05:14

John
126 points

I'm looking into the equity for the 2nd employee of an early-stage startup. I've seen lots of rules of thumbs out there (some people say 1%) but it's hard to apply because some rules of thumb refer...

Equity Employees Founders Compensation

asked Dec 16 '11 at 15:58

Led
16 points

I have a few investors who are looking to fund my startup. Normally, how does the compensation work between the startup and the investor? Is it similar to the stock market where the investor buys a...

Investors

asked Dec 16 '12 at 11:04

Taylor Niver
68 points

Say I have a niche web app and need to raise awareness for it. The default route is to have a blog, ask around nicely for reviews, and buy Adwords. I am currently trying out Adwords with limited...

Marketing Adwords Promotion

asked Feb 24 '10 at 21:05

Tomas Kohl
276 points

Something I've always wondered is: does the risk of a startup failing to make profit decrease as as the individual/team tries more and more startup ideas? If I had 10 distinct ideas and tried each...

Risk

asked May 11 '10 at 00:24

Jonathanconway
116 points

I've had the opportunity to work at quite a few startups. One thing I've to be common in them is adhoc way of doing things and ignorance towards processes, best practices and known project...

Project Management Business Process

asked May 18 '11 at 14:57

Hasan Khan
118 points

A few people have recommended the "E-Myth Revisited" book to me (and its on Joel reading list IIRC) and it gets very consistently good...

Management

asked Oct 22 '11 at 03:30

Ryan
1,365 points

Consider a startup that offers a specific technical solution to a generic problem in a certain creative industry. One core part of that solution is a website, and it caters to customers mostly...

Founder Products Decision Technical

asked Dec 4 '11 at 02:23

Geradeausanwalt
116 points

Wayra is an initiative regarding startups (theoretically not only tech) founded by telefonica in 2011. Having started with the premises to form incubators only in 8 latin-american countries +...

Venture Capital Incubators Early Adopters

asked Oct 23 '12 at 00:46

Quinestor
126 points