Questions

I've started as a freelancer and back then I got a friend to design me two business cards that I handle in different situations. Bellow my name I have: IT Consultant, the generic card that I...

Marketing Personal Business Card

asked Oct 21 '11 at 18:04

Fernando Martins
798 points

My pre-seed technology startup has developed unique IP which needs protection. The industry we're targeting is run by giants (with tons of IP), so the IP story will play a key-role on the startup....

Advisors Software Legal Intellectual Property

asked Mar 13 '12 at 01:49

Ellery Familia
16 points

I've seen startups launch without one and fizzled until they reached out. What kind of details are important? Who do you reach out to? How do you get their attention? What are some dos and don'ts?

Marketing

asked Oct 10 '09 at 14:20

Van Nguyen
482 points

If a company (squarespace) is doing around 5-8million, how could they possible get a minority investment of almost 40 million? Minority to me means less than 50%, so that would put the companies...

Software Application Investors

asked Aug 19 '10 at 04:07

Un Startup
162 points

I'm building a free-to-use SaaS to help people understand the energy efficiency of their homes and I'm planning to send email reminders to help promote activity in the site e.g. users who...

Saas Email

asked May 27 '11 at 18:23

Owen Fraser Green
128 points

I'm currently in the process of building a startup with two co-founders (both are business people). Since I've been a developer in a wide-range of technologies I'll handle the CTO role. This won't...

CTO Management Leadership People

asked Nov 2 '12 at 00:49

Alex K.
18 points

What makes some pre-launch sites great? There is a lot of talk about beginning to market your site well before launch. How does one do that on a "coming soon" page?Most of the pages I've seen just...

Marketing Launch Startups

asked Jun 10 '14 at 12:44

Michael Strunk
19 points

As a freelancer I am putting together a strong online portfolio/website to offer my services. I am putting the usual things in (blog/about/portfolio etc.) but I was thinking of creating a few...

Pricing Website

asked Oct 14 '11 at 05:32

Timmy O'mahony
118 points

I interviewed for a NYC startup who told me their perks are free groceries from an online grocer, an office kitchen with nice appliances, and he has no problem with me bringing a sleeping bag to...

Hiring

asked Dec 9 '11 at 03:40

Len
376 points

Can someone who lives in a third world country target an investment round from a VC in US? From the likes of Ycombinator, etc?

Funding Equity Venture Capital

asked Nov 16 '12 at 12:06

Iam
16 points

There are a number of avenues to go for hiring, like LinkedIn, traditional Craigslist, Monster listings, etc. I personally use Startuply.com (YC '08) for a lot of the hiring that I do. It's proven...

Hiring

asked Oct 11 '09 at 02:33

Mark Bao
604 points

We offer our resellers (ones that actively go out and sell to customers) a 25% discount on software licenses. We have just introduced an annual maintenance fee, at 20% of current list price at the...

Sales Software Subscriptions

asked Jun 4 '10 at 18:01

Cocowalla
327 points

I'm probably going to hire a freelance web designer for a few day to complete a project. The designer will probably be freelance so I will be paying a fixed amount on completion. Are there any...

UK Legal Employees

asked Feb 18 '12 at 09:03

Lee Jacobson
116 points

I'm developing a "free" iphone app for selling shirts based in an Asian country. The payment method is by credit cards or wire transfer, not by Apple's in-app purchases. Does Apple allow this kind...

Revenue Mobile Apps Retail Apple

asked Nov 18 '11 at 18:19

Killua
68 points

Back Story: About a year ago I was asked to join a startup company as technical lead and partner. I was to design build and implement the software for this startup I would receive 20% equity in...

Software Contract Legal Partnerships Dissolution

asked Aug 3 '13 at 01:56

Ross Mann
546 points

There are a lot of threads here on ways to validate your idea, but I would love to heard directly on what founders did to validate theirs.So, for your current startup, how did you validate it?

Ideas Validation Startups

asked Apr 8 '14 at 18:10

Arturo Park
16 points

How to organize a startup, which contains different people from different parts of the world with no common office? Where to register it? How to deal with taxes? Which legal issues could arise?...

Software Legal

asked Dec 10 '10 at 22:42

Psihodelia
137 points

Im working on a saas web application, ive got what I think is a minimal viable product and im now ready to user test it. The question I have is not so much about finding early stage users but...

Software Registration

asked May 27 '11 at 21:55

Tinny
404 points

I'm developing a web application. It's months away from completion but I would like to build a landing page to show to potential customers to explain things and gauge their interest--basically...

Marketing Ab Testing Web Services Web App

asked Jun 22 '11 at 07:56

Chris W.
116 points

I am currently in the process of forming a software startup. My first product is essentially finished. All that's holding me back at the moment is that I can't seem to find a suitable company name....

Getting Started Products Company Name

asked Aug 3 '13 at 03:11

Ben
136 points