Questions

Where can I brainstorm to find (Different, Emotive, and Simple) stories about my small business in order to craft messages that will catch the attention of traditional media? Where do freelance...

Marketing Outsourcing Coverage

asked Oct 30 '09 at 23:39

Jeffrey Hicks
313 points

There are a lot of books out there which hit on these concepts: Discounted cash flow: NPV, IRR Return on equity WACC CAPM Capital structure: Debt vs. Equity However, most of these books broach...

Equity Finance Loan Corporate Capital

asked May 13 '11 at 03:00

Jgoldberg
6 points

What is the name of a business model where you offer a product for free to entice people to use your service? I'm not referring to freemium. I am more talking about how Google works. They offer...

Marketing Definitions Business Model

asked Feb 2 '12 at 17:53

Daveo
113 points

As you can see here, Apple appstore application sales in Europe are not as profitable for developers. To talk precisely, if you sell an app: in USA for 3.99 USD, you earn 2.80 USD in Europe for...

Tax Apple

asked Sep 27 '12 at 20:05

Noway
192 points

inspired by hubspot, we're dedicated to creating more remarkable content. we think it can be engaging and relevant for our customers. we feel mass-customized apparel is an area that doesn't have...

Ecommerce SEO

asked Jan 17 '10 at 18:11

User2275
11 points

I just launched a Stack Exchange site dedicated to language (grammar, etymology, translation, etc.). I have not really advertised it so far (apart from a post on HN ). Can you come up with some...

Marketing

asked Jan 21 '10 at 21:57

Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

Both I and a close friend are involved in separate startups. I'll cut to the chase. I am essentially a geek, and don't like "beating about the bush", or unnecessary "hyperbole" or "hype". I know my...

Marketing Partner Negotiation

asked May 19 '10 at 01:16

Morpheous
236 points

All, This is a case with a friend of mine who is a first-gen entrepreneur and close to cutting a deal with Angels for a funding of $400K. But before I ask you his question, here is the situation,...

Co-Founder Equity Angel

asked Nov 13 '11 at 13:46

Rokstr Dli
36 points

I'm currently outside of the USA. I worked there before for about a year. I have got a SSN. I know that there are sites where you can start a LLC, which i'm planning to do. They also offer...

Foreign

asked Feb 13 '12 at 13:31

Jay
11 points

I am creating a SaaS software product that targets brand new law graduates. But statistics show that law schools are churning out TWICE as many lawyers than there is demand.So that means half of...

Ideas Saas Market Analysis Market Opportunity Market Research

asked Jun 24 '14 at 22:10

Violet Hall
12 points

these days i see the trend where websites are offering the user to chose one of his openid to login to the website instead of creating a new one. it saves the harddisk space for the websites and...

Marketing

asked Nov 25 '09 at 08:16

Syed
445 points

Some customers may call you to inquire about the rate, how to answer such phone calls tactically? Is there any good book on it?

Marketing Sales Inbound Marketing Selling

asked Aug 8 '10 at 23:26

Steven
1 point

I have several side projects that I am considering working on. Some are for non-profits while others could lead to a new gig. I was wondering some of the criteria that everyone uses to select or...

Decision Side Projects

asked Nov 29 '10 at 12:10

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

S-Corp. I am currently the only shareholder. Doing taxes for my first year. How do I properly account for money I've put into the business both in my accounting system, and for tax purposes? Is it...

Tax Investment Accounting

asked Mar 8 '11 at 13:09

Jefflunt
113 points

I am part of a 3 member start-up. When we started(6 month) ago we split the equity equally between us and signed a vesting agreement with a 1 year cliff. We have been having some internal...

Co-Founder Equity Legal

asked Jul 25 '11 at 05:26

User12204
111 points

We have just launched a beta of our website that pays people to share products and services they like with friends in their network who might be interested. We are trying to figure out the best way...

Marketing Advertising PPC Social Pay Per Click

asked Sep 28 '11 at 06:37

Ben Stewart
11 points

I don't know if this is the right place, but in our startup, we were discussing the distant future for us. Suppose a software company just sells superior software a low cost and overall becomes the...

Legal

asked Oct 16 '11 at 07:10

Mirov
384 points

I have a small contract that I have to makeup, but the biggest importance is to make sure the the source code buyout doesn't have a set price. What would be the best way of wording this? Ideally,...

Getting Started Software Legal

asked Nov 28 '12 at 14:18

Eghdk
111 points

Profiles are called Timeline's and not Wall's anymore. So I was wondering, does that mean if Facebook is not using the "Wall" trademark anymore if they will lose the trademark eventually? Maybe new...

Trademark

asked Aug 20 '13 at 09:32

Keverw
116 points

What are some low cost ways to improve acoustics in small office space? With concrete walls and just desks, the acoustics in our office are horrible. Everything echoes and it's hard to concentrate...

Office Office Space Startups

asked Apr 16 '14 at 13:26

Trent Thomas
14 points