Questions

This is more so theory than plans, and this is the only stack exchange that talks about corporate structure Is it possible to make a new shareholder class, arbitrarily, solely for the distribution...

Shares Corporation

asked Sep 17 '12 at 10:36

Cqm
137 points

All, If I have an LLC, but during the financial year we haven't generated any profits yet, do we still get taxed? Does the law differ for each states in the US?

LLC Tax

asked May 11 '10 at 20:13

Jpartogi
1,342 points

There is a sea of training software out there. Many don't have open demos. I'm trying to avoid sales pitches from dozens of companies to demo their software. I'm looking for a good lead or two from...

Software Recommendations

asked Oct 1 '10 at 04:53

Todd
16 points

My question is, how should we decide how much money to spend on advertising if the return on this advertising isn't easily measured? For example, spending it on an adwords campaign to acquire new...

Advertising SEO Budget

asked Mar 29 '12 at 08:39

User17220
19 points

Situation I am in the process of educating myself about the inner workings of an LLC, it's forms of taxation, maximizing deductions, etc. through a couple of books from Nolo, along with Limited...

Getting Started LLC Legal

asked May 10 '12 at 07:03

Viriato
144 points

Large companies do it with lengthy contracts or brand recognition. What strategies can startups use to lock users in. Not in terms of a shady practice like not letting them export data, but in...

Strategy Products Competition Startups Competitors

asked Apr 27 '14 at 13:29

John Boucher
16 points

My company is Canadian and I'm planning to purchase a VPS account for my business with a Dallas,TX based company. But I'm being told by a friend that this may be a problem for the following...

Legal Privacy

asked Mar 15 '12 at 05:01

Ray
215 points

I'm a CEO, and I'm wondering how to structure a deal for my first other CEO? The purpose I need another CEO is because I've got my hands full with my own line of products, but I'm an idea guy and...

Negotiation Corporate Structure CEO Business Structure Overseas

asked Apr 22 '13 at 18:34

Ron
21 points

I am wondering as to what is the best (easiest) way to raise money from interested friends who are non-accredited. I feel like I am fortunate enough to have some wealthy enough friends who would...

Funding Investors

asked Oct 10 '09 at 10:18

Vineet
1,080 points

Right now I am about to embark on a social media campaign for a client. I'm pretty well versed in how to leverage social media (Twitter, Digg, StumbledUpon, etc) to gain traffic and awareness. I...

Social Media

asked Feb 20 '10 at 06:52

Aac
85 points

In an effort to avoid spending $999+ on a Mac, I am looking for a PC equivalent of iMovie. I spent a few hours on a friends Mac and found iMovie (2009) extremely easy to use with a really...

Technology Video

asked Mar 16 '10 at 20:44

David Gise
211 points

We're presenting a business plan for our startup, and I wonder if we should include our own compensation in the financial projections. I mean, our compensation is distributed on a "as-available"...

Business Plan Compensation

asked Jun 7 '10 at 18:42

Deleted
655 points

I already got my first round, piece of cake. We had a million dollars sitting in the bank. But now we've burned through it, and we need to raise again. I'm worried that the pressure from having a...

Funding Seed Funding

asked Mar 9 '11 at 15:54

Balaji Chandrasekaran
18 points

I am about to give an offer for software to a large enterprise. I know that it is normal to say that there is an upfront price for software and a yearly maintenance fee of around 18% of the upfront...

Pricing Software Strategy Enterprise

asked May 9 '11 at 06:06

David
1,567 points

I'm about to develop an interesting, from a functional perpective, extension for Chrome but got a lot doubts in terms of how to monetize it. I was wondering if it's ok from a legal perspective to...

Monetization Advertising

asked Jul 20 '11 at 06:11

Ivo Es
16 points

Our self-funding is running out within 2 months and we are probably a month to 4 months away from revenue. We hope we won't need financing, but we have to be prepared. I've already spoken with a...

Investors Convertible Note

asked Mar 9 '10 at 15:02

Tim J
8,346 points

What are the 5 must-do basic things to have a shot at being marginally successful on a first day web site launch? The measure of success is defined (in our case) as at least having: 1) 50000 hits...

Marketing Launch Website

asked Jan 10 '11 at 04:15

Donald
136 points

What avenues have people used for logo design? Has anyone had any problems with a certain method/website/service that I should be aware of? Thanks -Mark

Logo Design

asked Feb 10 '11 at 08:40

User6528
149 points

I have developed my product completely, and have built a business for the product to be able to take to market. The product is unlike anything else on the market as of now and in my opinion would...

Ideas Contract Pitch Data Protection

asked Apr 23 '11 at 06:07

User9915
16 points

I am currently looking for a co-founder. The current candidate and I are still students, and we are not experienced in business at all. However, I know he loves sales and marketing, and he usually...

Co-Founder

asked May 30 '11 at 15:11

I Scotts
152 points