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I have been thinking to create a social network application built by using google earth api and sell/rent spaces for companies for their promotion on google earth via my web application. There will...

Social Network

asked May 3 '10 at 17:14

Kubi
128 points

I just started selling my software and I wanted to know what is your average percentage of paid subscribers for each week during/after a 30 day trial period. Example: For 100 users who have paid...

Software Trial

asked Nov 25 '10 at 19:40

Tom
23 points

I am not a US citizen and I want to create a company and work with many contractors outside US. It will be software development company. Company will be delaware based LLC, and office will be...

Software LLC Foreign Tax Iphone

asked May 14 '11 at 05:24

Vitaliy
16 points

I have a SaaS product that helps certain type of companies improve their sales leads. My target audience is VP or Director of Sales - anybody within the company whose job is to increase sales. So...

Sales B2B Saas Leads

asked May 11 '12 at 02:28

Salmon
970 points

I am a big fan of Skype and use it a lot for personal use and outgoing calls. I am now considering it for business purposes due to the amount of travel I have planned and international calling I am...

Telephony

asked Apr 2 '10 at 19:56

Benjamin Wootton
1,667 points

Under the current state of the Startup Visa, does the number of founders matter for the Startup Visa? Is the minimum investment still 250k$ if there are two foreign founders?

Visa Startupvisa

asked Apr 11 '10 at 08:51

J. Pablo Fernández
412 points

Surely we aren't the only ones that have faced this. A new customer of ours (based in the UK) is trying to set us up as a vendor and sent us a form to fill out. The assumptions on the form are that...

Payments VAT Global Customers

asked Jan 5 '11 at 04:55

Tim J
8,346 points

I would like to buy a small business. Are there any sites that collects businesses that are for sale? I am asking about this in a general way, because that produces answers, which are relevant for...

Apps Investment

asked Mar 27 '11 at 05:26

David
1,567 points

What is the usual procedure for importing components from a manufacturer in China and the usual method of payment? I am starting a electronic kit business for which I need some DC motors with a...

Purchasing

asked Aug 19 '11 at 01:19

Dave Mech Guru
118 points

I am in the process of launching an LLC for app development. I already have a potential customer who has inquired about an app which I am currently creating mock-up designs for. Before I present...

Development Customers NDA

asked Nov 30 '12 at 18:03

Matt Clark
135 points

I and a partner wish to set up a company. One of us lives in the UK and the other in the USA. We both want to make sure we are one legal entity so we can sell shares, or if the start-up was bought...

UK International USA Shares Legal Entity

asked Feb 15 '13 at 21:46

Slappybag
16 points

We provide a utility-like service and have to charge a variable rate per API call. Most of our customers are businesses (B2B). Just like an electric bill, at the end of the month we can total the...

Saas Billing

asked Jun 11 '13 at 06:44

Rook
123 points

I was wondering if startups don't have the marketing and sales expertise in-house (between the partners) and don't want to hire full-time talent, are there any websites that you can look for them?

Marketing Sales

asked Oct 22 '09 at 04:09

Arman Arami
399 points

TweetMiner is just starting to build some buzz... http://search.twitter.com/search?q=tweetminer http://www.google.com/#q=tweetminer&hl=en&fp=1&cad=b Currently there are 1247 free...

Marketing

asked Nov 6 '09 at 08:18

Justin Vincent
176 points

Boring subject, I know, but... I am looking to set up my company's accounts shortly and would appreciate some guidance from more established business operators. I don't know if there is any...

Accounting Bookkeeping

asked Feb 25 '10 at 18:51

Steve Wilkinson
2,744 points

Following on from my previous question about outsourced marketing can you outsource sales effort as well in b2b senarios? Once marketing has brought in a qualified lead someone has to get the...

Marketing Sales Outsourcing

asked Apr 4 '11 at 10:55

Robin Vessey
8,394 points

I'm looking to hire some developers to help bang out some features of my app that I can't do myself yet. I'm going to be able to give them pretty specific tasks and if they do well continue on and...

Hiring Contract Independent Contractor

asked Apr 19 '11 at 18:16

Trying Hal9000
141 points

My firm is offering me 5% of the company. The structure they laid out for buyback of this equity seems odd to me. What are your thoughts? "The purchase price of equity shall be equal to 5X net...

Equity

asked Jun 5 '11 at 16:35

Anthony
26 points

I am a freelance software developer My process of getting work is typically: Find out about potential work through some channel (people I know, former employers, job postings etc.) Set up a...

Pricing Consulting

asked Feb 26 '13 at 07:25

Codeape
128 points

When a VC says they want to do a "$3M on $3M" deal what does that mean?

Venture Capital

asked Oct 12 '09 at 13:23

Kirk
227 points