Questions

Our company has attracted 14 private investors, each for relatively small stakes. They not only provide seed capital, but also diverse experience and valuable advice. Can you recommend a...

Board Investment Investors

asked Jun 8 '10 at 07:29

Stealth
76 points

So you want to do marketing for your company. You've created a marketing plan and want to implement it. How do you determine which applications/vendors to use? For example, for email marketing and...

Marketing Strategy Planning Inbound Marketing

asked Sep 26 '10 at 04:11

Chris
4,214 points

I'm currently building a business plan for my startup. The startup is a kind of Q&A website with an important twist that differs it from existing Q&A websites. The information in the biz...

Growth

asked Oct 17 '10 at 00:00

Roy Peleg
116 points

I'm an independent software developer and I do business under my real name. As such, I'm not a DBA, nor am I incorporated. Since I'm not filed as a business anywhere, it's difficult for me to open...

Bank Account

asked Feb 22 '11 at 05:04

Beachrunnerjoe
319 points

I am really stressed out. I launched about a week ago. So far there were 11 downloads of the free version. I had 2 pre-sale questions about the product. There have been no sales. I advertise that...

Marketing Software Conversion

asked Dec 18 '11 at 15:54

Gagwgw
227 points

I am using Paypal subscription for charging the customers monthly. When they sign up, I have an option of either redirecting them to the Paypal site to enter the credit card details or gather this...

Payments

asked Feb 22 '11 at 05:12

User3462
345 points

While meeting new clients I feel bit nervous, what should I do to overcome the nervousness and being confident.

Meet Up

asked Sep 14 '11 at 01:04

Darshan Joshi
154 points

I've registered a UK limited company which is going to sell online language courses. Can I claim back in expenses costs of my university degree, if the degree is highly correlated with what my...

UK Tax Ltd

asked Feb 9 '12 at 07:23

Lukeshek
452 points

I have a customer who is demanding a refund for a purchase made in August 2009. Usually my approach is to give refunds without a quibble, even if they are outside of my 30 day no questions asked...

Credit Cards Customer Service

asked Jan 19 '10 at 06:38

Nemmy
527 points

Are there any good reference points about trial-to-paid conversion in SAAS world? What factors impact this ratio. I am looking at streaming rich media for B2C.

Saas Conversion

asked Dec 13 '10 at 13:52

Jewelthief
151 points

In the UK, are there any obligations (legal or otherwise) for someone with 'Director' in their job title to also be an officer of the company (i.e. registered as a director at Companies...

UK Legal Titles

asked Jan 1 '13 at 20:39

Harunahi
148 points

I have a 33.33% stake in an LLC partnership, which was made with cash contributions. I have since developed software with an associate who is not part of the company that we would like to sell as...

Software LLC Partnership Intellectual Property

asked Feb 26 '13 at 08:31

Frank
16 points

Are there any events or networking opportunities specifically for female founders in the bay area?

Networking Founders Silicon Valley Events

asked Feb 26 '14 at 18:47

Nichole Willhite
7 points

I am creating a blog for our startup, and imagine the blog would be a great place to post on product news, product tips, and our companies attitudes to various technologies and events that are...

Marketing Blog

asked Oct 13 '09 at 12:47

Vineet
1,080 points

I have recently established a company to sell ecommerce software as SaaS. There are some leads that request proposals from me. I am in a dilemma. There are two risks that I want to avoid: I want...

Software Ecommerce Customer Support Project Management Agreements

asked Jan 28 '11 at 20:00

Mert Nuhoglu
116 points

I have read the FAQ and hope that I have added enough detail to my question that it will not be considered to vague or open. I have a great idea for a software product that I think could make a...

Ideas Planning Investment

asked Jun 6 '11 at 00:06

Sonny Ordell
197 points

From researching tens of SaaS companies that have or are soon going public, it seems that the growth rate averages down to 100% YOY from the third year onwards. What should the target growth be...

Saas Growth

asked Mar 21 '14 at 14:42

Mildred Schell
65 points

We're two founders planning a web startup together. And because we don't want to work from home, we're currently evaluating coworking spaces. How is your experience with coworking? Is it usable...

Office Office Space

asked Apr 16 '10 at 23:47

Roland
33 points

I'm currently deciding if I should get a domain name of my 1st choice but with a .co (instead of a .com) or if I should get a less preferred domain name with a .com (because my 1st choice of .com...

Ecommerce Website Business Plan Domain

asked Jul 29 '10 at 19:36

Elisha
64 points

Almost every client thinks that design is something subjective, and they often get involved in UI and UX design decisions too much. Most of the time, the situation turns like this comic. I...

Web Services

asked Mar 3 '11 at 11:48

Alexchenco
134 points