Questions

I have a question - if you're using Delicious what would it take to get you to switch to another bookmarking site? Full disclosure - I founded a social bookmarking site that launched its beta...

Social Network

asked Apr 5 '11 at 02:24

Rinnku
24 points

What's the deal if you are: The only technical person on your start up / and or the one doing programming. Haven't made a penny 'on-the-books' in terms of your startup Is the code you write on...

Co-Founder Development Technical Copyright Copywriting

asked Jul 21 '11 at 03:59

User9968
229 points

The United States is known for having its Founding Fathers, not its Co-founding Fathers. The term Founder doesn't imply exclusivity, rather the use of "The" vs. "A" makes that distinction - someone...

Titles

asked Jul 14 '12 at 02:15

Paul O'brien
521 points

I am the founder (100% ownership ) of a Startup which is launching a site ( Presently in stealth mode ) and addresses an UNMET Market need ( I hired developers on need basis and have spent my own...

Equity

asked Nov 3 '10 at 06:32

Lav
87 points

I asked this on my blog, but then realized this would be a good forum for discussions so am asking here as well: How Often Do Startups Join Together? In talking to and mentoring dozens of startups...

Competition Partnerships

asked Oct 6 '11 at 08:57

Tig
204 points

How successful are University hi tech Incubators in terms of: % That succeed for 1, 3, or 5 years (especially if we can compare this to non Incubated businesses) Return on Investment (or, better,...

Incubators

asked May 13 '12 at 12:00

Clay Nichols
737 points

I am running a company and have seen groupon work for some other biz owners I know. But I was thinking about running a small promo for myself and giving out coupons but am not sure how to keep my...

Advertising Business Development

asked Apr 26 '13 at 08:14

Tj Sherrill
129 points

As a startup, we have to measure web analytics, funnel metrics, conversions, competition trackers, ROI on campaigns, etc. There's lots to keep track of and a lot of different software (google...

Marketing Analytics Metrics Data

asked Dec 28 '11 at 05:30

Kate G
19 points

thanks for taking the time to read this, any advise is welcomed. A friend of mine is trying to get launch a new piece of software. As we work well together and he wants to keep initial development...

Co-Founder Equity Website

asked Jul 4 '12 at 08:05

Craig5
21 points

We're a new startup and need a credit card to make some online purchases. We're looking into options and all of them seem to want at least two years of business history, positive cash flow, etc....

Finance Credit Cards Business

asked Apr 29 '11 at 11:20

Aj.
212 points

Getting a .com is getting more and more impossible these days. I really think another domain extension name will take over. If that was the case, which domain name extension you think will become...

Domain

asked Mar 11 '11 at 02:46

Alexchenco
134 points

I am curious, is it possible to get funding from investor before doing any sale? Any experience?

Funding Investors

asked Jul 2 '11 at 00:24

Jazar
123 points

Since I'm not a legal adult, is there anything special I need to watch out for in terms of startup culture? Technically, I can get out of any legal agreement (since they can't be binding until I'm...

Legal Independent Contractor Agreements

asked Mar 25 '12 at 10:48

Jrg
247 points

Both of those examples don't charge anything, and don't have ads on their wedsite/app. Both of them have (to the best of my knowledge) gotten hugh amounts of money in funding rounds. How exactly...

Funding Money

asked Aug 15 '11 at 14:13

In Between
121 points

I am from central Europe, and there is really HUGE taxation (about 0,44 on wages, 0,2 on goods, so about 55pct goes to taxation black hole). I got idea - is it useful scenario to pay my employees...

Legal Tax Currency

asked Mar 26 '12 at 00:14

Joseph
21 points

This pertains to the president's proposed new tax breaks for businesses. PBS Newshour

Employees Tax

asked Sep 15 '11 at 10:03

Tom Jones
24 points

I would like to sell desktop software online, but I have very limited resources and can't always give 100% support to the customers. I am worried about how customers might react to poor support...

Software Customer Support Selling

asked Nov 2 '13 at 04:07

Rambodash
21 points

How important do you think is the graphics and font selection when writing a business plan and or marketing materials for investors. What conventions should one follow?

Business Plan

asked Jan 19 '11 at 02:04

Mat Banik
325 points

I am stuck between a few choices for my turnkey Project management system: a library that uses GPL and an inferior library that is under MIT license. I am wondering if I don't distribute the...

Software Licensing

asked Jul 10 '13 at 18:54

Somesh Mukherjee
149 points

Forget about whether this means we're in a bubble or all the talk about whether this was smart or not, but a new application company (social photo sharing) raised $41MM. They spent $500k on the...

Silicon Valley Valuation

asked Mar 25 '11 at 01:32

Michael Pryor
2,250 points