Questions

We are a 4 year old startup and are facing few issues (not yet major) with regards to attrition. We have been of the opinion that if we keep paying the employees as per the market standards and...

Hiring Employees Salary

asked Oct 8 '13 at 15:29

Nitin Srivastava
171 points

I have an online service (website security) and a blog where I write about prevalent hacker attacks and about how to detect break-ins and clean up websites. Every now and then, big-name sites and...

Blog Credibility Coverage

asked Nov 11 '09 at 00:31

Denis
16 points

I'm seeking advice in how to go about writing a disclaimer for a software service I'm developing. The software program is to record client medical treatment forms. I basically want to say...

Software Legal Business

asked Mar 27 '11 at 11:44

Emmanuel
118 points

I'm a developer in the US (Maryland) with an LLC and an application that I would like to sell through my website, delivered via download. I do not intend to ship physical goods of any sort, my...

Tax International Digital Product VAT

asked Jun 24 '11 at 21:20

Blueberry
18 points

I’m at the pre start-up phase of my business and I have a question regarding how I should classify the company? I am designing a specialty line of clothing that will be produced by a contract...

Getting Started

asked Oct 25 '11 at 03:54

Carmen
16 points

Would it be wise to bring our Angel to the VC-pitch? The Angel would make a good impression. He is definetely better at pitching than everyone in the team. But what impression would it make, if...

Venture Capital Pitch Angel

asked Oct 31 '11 at 21:45

Tim
16 points

We are an outsourced software product development company from India, quite recently started. We started using freelancing sites for finding prospects as it was the easiest way to get started till...

Sales Outsourcing Prospecting

asked Nov 8 '11 at 02:59

Ameya Phadke
56 points

We had a software engineer who joined our startup for two months. We only signed an NDA with him. The engineer was supposed to get equity but our negotiations broke down and we parted ways. During...

Contract Copyright Code

asked Sep 4 '13 at 23:36

Karl
16 points

I'm involved in a pre-startup situation, with a small company about to start real operations. Initially they will have one dedicated office with dedicated telephone lines, one office admin person,...

Business Communication

asked Oct 25 '11 at 04:08

Jim In Texas
228 points

There are many resources about how to pursue funding for horizontal products, often software that can be used by a large number of people. These are problems that investors can understand...

Funding Vertical

asked Jul 25 '12 at 04:25

Mjibson
116 points

I have designed a prototype of my idea which includes simple electronic circuits. I would like to manufacture it in China. (yes ... because of the money) I would like to know how it is to find a...

Business China Electronics

asked Jan 5 '11 at 08:05

Hamed
16 points

I have developed a software product that I plan to sell, and I'm having a hard time finding beta testers (perhaps because the product is for use by members of one profession that is not...

Ab Testing Beta

asked Apr 11 '11 at 03:30

User6492
1,747 points

We're developing an idea for a product that we can give to retailers at no cost by subsidizing the cost through advertising. Retailers don't pay much for it, but it is still an expense to them. The...

Marketing Advertising Free

asked May 15 '11 at 02:16

Cameron
16 points

I'm digging in to this industry and would love insight into what's unique about lifestyle ecommerce businesses / the consumer path to purchase in businesses like Holstee, Ministry of Supply,...

Ecommerce Resources Business Model Branding Lifestyle

asked Jun 26 '15 at 19:46

Jay Neely
6,050 points

If, for example, I have a company headquartered outside the US and going to work with US companies. What is the best way? Set up sales office in the US or hire independent sales person? What kind...

Sales Hiring

asked Jan 19 '10 at 11:05

Oyushche
36 points

We are webdesigners, and we sell websites, we are about to renew are website. Would you suggest to show some prices on our website or not? I mean stuff like like: "we sell 2/3 pages static website...

Pricing Prices Web Dev

asked Apr 26 '10 at 02:21

Marco Demaio
175 points

i'm running a niche dating site startup and every day we ban a number of members who either are time wasters, harass other members, etc. About once a week I get an email from one of the...

Email Relationships

asked Oct 10 '10 at 17:35

Sherif Buzz
462 points

We (me and my partner) recently incorporated as a Limited By Shares company (Ltd). Stupidly, when filling out the forms we put down 1m shares with nominal value at £1 thinking these were just...

Incorporation Company Shares

asked May 10 '11 at 06:27

Tom
480 points

I'm building a software product that I will charge for X amount per license. Also, I want to give customers the chance to pay a monthly-subscription. Note: In both cases they will have access to...

Pricing Software Charging

asked Sep 14 '11 at 04:57

Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

Hi fellow entrepreneurs, I am the person who posted this question about a conflict with my co-founder. During discussion with my attorney, I discovered that while we filed for the patents (earlier...

Legal Patent Founders Intellectual Property

asked Aug 23 '13 at 02:58

Gupshup
52 points