Questions

Lets say you're working on a startup with someone for a couple of months and they start to lose interest and aren't pulling their weight. And it has come to a point where just talking it out isn't...

Co-Founder Legal Founders Startups

asked Mar 13 '14 at 19:03

Anne Vickers
15 points

Is there an inexpensive way of filing a patent? We talked to a couple of lawyers and the cost to file a patent is hovering around the $20K range. Is that normal? It seemed absurd at first, until...

Legal Patent Copyright Lawyer

asked Jun 20 '14 at 14:42

Gary Russell
12 points

Looking for developers (companies) in the mobile applications area who can comment and hopefully give examples of the best marketing strategies for mobile applications. Please only comment if you...

Marketing Iphone Apps Mobile Android

asked Dec 4 '11 at 01:30

Hristian Kambourov
61 points

I have heard that there is lot has been done to make the European market tightly integrated (universal regulations across European Union, etc). So, I wonder if it is easier now to create a...

Scale Regulation

asked Jan 23 '12 at 02:22

Martin Lee
120 points

Checked, but didn't see an answer to this: My partners and I have applied to a NYC accelerator. They have invited us to do an in person interview to determine if our project is a good fit. Aside...

Venture Capital Incubators Investors

asked Mar 21 '12 at 05:24

Confused
11 points

For that past few months, I've been building a product that targets a specific niche. The kind of product I have been building hasn't been around the marketplace, and I knew there is a...

Strategy Competition Exit Strategy

asked Mar 7 '13 at 06:34

K2x L
111 points

After reading couple of work-life & time management questions, I'd like to ask, how much did you work, especially in the beginning (hours per week). I've been making preparations in the...

Work Life Entrepreneurs Time Management

asked Aug 5 '13 at 21:23

Gspia
113 points

Have there been companies who have used KickStarter and then had to close the company before delivering because they ran out of money? What happens in this case? Do you have to pay KickStarter...

Crowdfunding Kickstarter

asked Feb 19 '14 at 12:01

Joel J.
31 points

I purchased an expired domain on Godaddy Auctions for about $1,500 which had quite a few backlinks. I thought it would give me a head start with SEO.I, unfortunately, didn't research the domain out...

Google SEO Domain Names Godaddy

asked Mar 13 '14 at 20:55

Joel Mayes
35 points

I've been looking into incorporating with a partner, and we're both in different states, and obviously looking over Delaware's incorporation laws. With incorporation, each state says that you need...

Incorporation Registration

asked Sep 24 '10 at 05:02

Adam
205 points

Since we already have a Legal LLC in the state of New Jersey, if I wanted to create a DBA would I need to get a new EIN number from the IRS or state-issued tax ID? Can I operate the DBA as its own...

DBA EIN

asked Mar 6 '12 at 05:37

Steve
11 points

I have question about some organizational issue. Is a good idea to split my main information website (home, about, contact, ...) and my core application service to domain and subdomain? For...

Website Organization Domain Web App

asked Sep 14 '12 at 08:42

Grzegorz
144 points

What are some things to watch out for when trying to raise money? In order to ensure you don't end up taking money from the wrong people. What red flags should I be looking at or even before the...

Venture Capital Angel Investors

asked Feb 19 '14 at 14:07

Joel J.
31 points

We provide software that can measure performance of another company's product which happens to be trademarked (word/phrase - not a symbol). We want to name it specifically. Is this protected/fair...

Legal Trademark

asked Oct 21 '10 at 15:08

Tim J
8,346 points

Does anyone knows about a company/service/way that allows to send payments to credit/debit cards? I want my website be able sending to worldwide affiliates their commissions that way.

Payments Credit Cards

asked Apr 14 '11 at 07:56

Quantme
113 points

I've made a proposal to a prospect and he suggested we have a 'business lunch' and eventually continue afterwords in their office. How should I prepare for it? Any DOes and DONTs? P.S. This is...

Pitch

asked Jan 27 '12 at 06:35

Simpatico
198 points

I recently met with a local start-up and was presented an offer. I spent the last few days reading on this board looking for insight into the start-up financing world. The start-up is technology...

Equity Job Offer

asked Mar 14 '12 at 03:08

Patrick
11 points

I am one of three founders (all part time) of a software start up which is still in early stages. Considerable effort has been logged even though no formal arrangements have been made. We have...

Equity Investment Dilution

asked Aug 20 '12 at 06:49

Mr. Anderson
13 points

So I have built a prototype and I want to validate the idea. Basically it is a social media data mining tool for developers to get feedback for their apps. We retrieve unstructured data from...

Marketing Selling Validation

asked Nov 28 '12 at 09:51

Woojah
113 points

With no budget for hiring a full-time HR person, what is the right way to develop HR policies as my startup grows.

Hiring

asked Oct 18 '09 at 09:41

Anup
547 points