Questions

I am ready to get in touch with investors, what do you guys do. 1) Do you send them an email with your executive summary? 2) Send them an email asking if they would like to receive one...

Investors

asked Apr 27 '11 at 17:36

Pmillio
57 points

Are there any ways to defer taxation on S-Corp profits in a year?

Tax Profitability S Corp

asked Aug 21 '12 at 09:46

N L
18 points

Have you done any podcast advertising? Or, perhaps investigated it? I'm very curious to hear about your experience... whether it's on the pricing side or production (i.e. producing your own...

Advertising Podcast

asked Feb 20 '10 at 00:56

Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

I've seen the term here, and I can guess where it comes from, but what exactly is a Business Angel?

Funding

asked Nov 18 '10 at 11:55

Moshe
409 points

Are there any resources that provide the different steps needed to create a tech startup. Something along the line of: Set up legal structure Choose a domain name Choose a hosting provider Set up...

Business Plan

asked Jan 15 '11 at 06:02

Dror
1,833 points

I recently created a blog asking people to discuss their missed opportunities, hoping to spark more conversation. I am getting some traffic but no one ever posts anything. As a promotion, I...

Marketing Business Plan

asked Sep 13 '11 at 08:50

Keith
35 points

What are the pros and cons from your experience or opinion of each way of software development? Scrum Agile Kanban Which do you use right now and recommend for a small team of 3?

Software Agile Scrum Kanban

asked Feb 22 '14 at 07:58

Essie Taylor
65 points

I wanted to get some suggestions from others in the Answers.Onstartups community on who the Startup Success Podcast should seek out to interview. Which people have you've read, listened to at a...

Podcast

asked Feb 25 '10 at 05:47

Bob Walsh
2,620 points

I'm thinking of hiring a project manager to lead the development of few web apps my company is doing. The guy I'm considering has considerable experience in managing projects for a large digital...

Project Management People

asked Jun 28 '12 at 05:00

Pvukovic
561 points

I've agreed with my co-founder to buy him out for a trivial sum and we'll go our separate ways. I'll let him do whatever he wants with the IP we've built. I just need to write up a formal document...

Co-Founder Legal Documents

asked May 2 '10 at 05:44

Andrew Watson
36 points

So I have a site that will accept subscriptions the first quarter of 2011. I have been developing this product over the past year and it is almost complete. I would like to use the VC money to help...

Bootstrapped Funding Venture Capital

asked Jan 4 '11 at 13:31

John
161 points

I wanted to start a US business - despite being based in the UK - because the US is where most of my target market is (besides suppliers). I've read on PayPal's site...

Ecommerce

asked Dec 17 '11 at 19:15

Jason.Ppdev
35 points

I need to test the market to determine how many people are interested in subscribing to my site. The niche is related to "web design" and "themes". I would like to know if the project I'm planning...

Adwords PPC

asked Jun 29 '13 at 07:21

Pennf0lio
140 points

I am investing 30k in a new business with pre-tax money I made this tax year by way of my sole proprietorship. I'm I able to write this off somehow, besides the 10k for start-ups?? If not I was...

Startup Costs Tax Investment USA Sole Proprietorship

asked Sep 1 '13 at 16:28

Mike C.
16 points

How does a company like instagram,twitter and snapchat keep a staff and stay operational for so long when they don't make money?

Startup Costs Twitter

asked Nov 17 '13 at 07:14

Jeromii Un Real Anderson
17 points

Is there a way to use my own money in a 401k or IRA account to invest in my startup? It looks like "Rollover Business Startups" (ROBS) are discouraged by the IRS. Are you aware of any other tactics...

Funding

asked Oct 25 '09 at 01:09

Stapler Scissor
96 points

We're in the process of designing a web application and discovered a patent that lays claim to many basic web technologies that we are planning to use (like passing simulation data from a server to...

Patent

asked Jun 17 '11 at 05:55

Neo
24 points

I'm currently working on building an online business based around travel and tourism and eventually I'll need to employ people in the US, located in a specific area. The end goal is that I'll be...

International USA Startupvisa

asked Feb 9 '12 at 01:01

Rick M
118 points

We're preparing a pitch deck for our startup which looks to partly make money from downloadable content. We'd like to add a subscription model for the content, and we are looking for examples of...

Subscriptions Pitch Business Model

asked Dec 7 '10 at 01:50

B20000
126 points

I, as a software engineer, got contacter by a company to interview with them. I got the first "get to know each other + coding test" stage easily. During the itw, I realized they are making a...

Business

asked Nov 17 '13 at 07:41

Riton La Joie
16 points