Questions

Preserving cash is important. What are some classic business expenses that can be deferred or cut altogether in the early days of your startup? For example, we still don't have "real" office...

Cost

asked Oct 11 '09 at 05:26

D Thrasher
894 points

I have a big web project which I and my co-founder began our development on. We've been talking to our angel investor for a long time. He is very responsive but we cant get a final investment...

Angel Investment

asked Mar 23 '10 at 13:16

Pennyfiller13
86 points

Although my iPhone app is currently written in English, I see a lot of purchases from non-English speaking countries. These purchases would almost certainly go up if the app was available in other...

Customer Support Iphone Localization

asked Dec 25 '10 at 08:31

Bill
198 points

I am doing research about collaboration in projects. If a company has an innovative idea that they want to put on the market, but they don't have the knowledge to develop the idea, then they are...

Partnerships Project Innovation

asked Feb 10 '11 at 00:17

Bruggew
21 points

How can a compay selling high-value products protect themselves against post-delivery fraud (including but not limited to returns fraud)? Can we insure ourselves against fraud or somehow pass on...

Ecommerce Insurance Fraud

asked Mar 9 '11 at 03:01

Nikolay Piryankov
683 points

Our product is a platform for organizing health related games. Our customers are corporate wellness coordinators, and the games are played in the context of their company. One of our strategies is...

Pricing Affiliate Resellers

asked May 8 '11 at 22:08

Ryan B
86 points

What is a reasonable software start-up ownership share between founders when one is more senior, putting in some of his own money and able to raise angel money from friends, while the other two are...

Co-Founder Founder Equity Shares

asked Sep 28 '11 at 15:45

Sasha
16 points

I have a small online retail store, making products for R/C hobbyists. The advantage of my product is that it is made in the USA out of quality aircraft aluminum, versus the competition, which is...

Contract Online Retail

asked Aug 7 '13 at 03:33

Chris
116 points

I would appreciate any advice based on a current situation that I am in that I think a lot of people involved in startups (especially developers) find themselves in at some point. Basically, I'm...

Funding Venture Capital Career Stock Options

asked Jun 29 '11 at 15:19

Rick
136 points

I'm a bit confused at the moment... hope someone can help me out. I'd like to hire a temporary internet marketing team to promote my website on the internet. I'd like them to promote it on...

Marketing Legal Ethics

asked Feb 28 '12 at 09:00

User16659
18 points

I would like to know how to market products that are very flexible and are not attached to a particular business niche. For example, Spreasheet software: You can do almost anything with it......

Marketing Software

asked Jan 22 '10 at 04:47

Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

I have a few ideas for a company, and plan to get started sometime this fall. I know of an accelerator that focuses on this vertical, and I have contacts there so reaching out to them would be...

Funding Venture Capital Intellectual Property

asked Jul 11 '12 at 17:00

Lenwood
151 points

Hey guys, it's me again. As was to be expected, I've run into funding problems with Idea School. The quality teachers I'm looking for are worth about $50-60K per year. Now, of course, they...

Bootstrapped Funding Products Seed Funding

asked Aug 23 '10 at 04:26

Ryan Chatterton
921 points

In the midst of a start-up as leaders we are pulled in so many directions. We find ourselves putting out fires, keeping fires from starting, and even intentionally starting some fires! The...

Personal

asked Apr 14 '11 at 11:42

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

What does it mean when a consultant ask for founders stock in a pre-funded startup for payment? Is it a special class of stock? Is it non-dilutible?

Equity Definitions Stock Options

asked Aug 8 '11 at 04:09

Jirad
105 points

I am officially a "legal alien allowed to work" in the USA (I have a F-1 student visa). I know I cannot work anywhere else, but the university I attend (and no more than 20h a week). I would like...

Foreign Visa USA

asked Oct 15 '10 at 09:04

Jacek
116 points

I would like to register a .com domain but it appears it is already taken. However, there is no webpage at all. I get this:...

Domain

asked Sep 18 '11 at 00:48

Ryan
147 points

I need an advise on starting my work on my ideas. I am doing job for 5 years and a senior Java engineer. I have great some thing inside, to bring my ideas in execution and to see myself as a...

Getting Started

asked Oct 17 '11 at 06:04

Tahir Akram
118 points

I have some data that I think is valuable. I have looked at my potential market and I believe there are three potential buyers. While this data is valuable, I believe the market is small. I feel I...

Pricing

asked Jan 2 '12 at 14:11

Phone Developer
123 points

This question may not belong here, for that I apologize in advance. I work with my father at his small company that he started. About 5 years ago is when he moved into his first physical location....

Planning Business Plan

asked Dec 7 '12 at 06:49

Tbowman
217 points