Questions

I am on H1B. I love technology and work on small idea while having time during weekends. I want to shape my idea and setup a startup but don't want to monetize it. Does it still call business as I...

Ideas

asked Dec 5 '11 at 12:28

Dharmesh
11 points

This seems like a silly question, but I want to make sure that my interests are protected. I own a software development company, LLC in Virginia, and I have a product that I developed and have...

Software Legal Legal Documents Legal Entity

asked Apr 7 '12 at 00:47

Tim
670 points

I'm currently working on a social website that bases itself on specific sub-communities (something along the lines of Reddit meets Pintrest for lack of a better description). What are some...

Social Media Community Social Network Promotion

asked Jan 25 '13 at 03:41

Chris
111 points

What is a good options for an offshore merchant account? I'm not located in the US where it is easy to get a good merchant account, do you know of any good options in offshore locations? The...

Ecommerce Foreign Recommendations Payments

asked Feb 6 '10 at 13:31

Rob
151 points

Our startup SaaS company is situated in the Netherlands. We think accepting both credit cards and PayPal covers most (obviously not all) possible payment methods. What do you think about this? So...

Payments

asked Sep 30 '10 at 23:55

Apple
11 points

I am working on a monthly subscription site in which users can cancel/upgrade/downgrade anytime they want. I am integrating the payment module with Paypal and would like to know the pros and cons...

Subscriptions

asked Feb 21 '11 at 07:10

User3462
345 points

I signed an NDA with a company, sent it back to them, but they haven't returned their signature (executed copy) back to me. This has been laying out their for 7 weeks. If I can't get them to send...

Legal NDA

asked Mar 7 '12 at 05:30

Joe
11 points

We tend to think that the fair value of a work is the price of it, but it's hard to appreciate. As a web startup, what do you think is the best strategy, keep the pay a little too less to keep the...

Employees Salary Web Dev Payroll

asked Mar 22 '12 at 01:12

Hartator
116 points

I'm interested in entering the social media apps and games space. I personally have several years of experience in interactive media development for the web (both programming and design) and some...

Getting Started Social Media Gaming

asked Oct 12 '09 at 09:41

Blysulvan
11 points

My partner and I are the only members of our startup consulting company. We are at the point where we fully realize the need to delegate work in order to grow. We want to practice our people and...

Recruiting Development Outsourcing

asked May 2 '10 at 12:33

Startup Struggler
77 points

We're a startup that is made up of 4 students. 3 graduated and 1 in his final year. One has taken a job for 4 days a week and is willing to work on our projects the other 3 days. So we have 2...

Employees

asked Nov 8 '10 at 11:01

Shawn Mclean
220 points

I am planning to setup a C-Corp and I don't really understand about the shares and other stuff... a) How many authorized shares should I initially start with ? b) What kind of shares should I...

Incorporation Corporate Structure

asked Nov 13 '10 at 06:03

User2351
56 points

I own a site that on which I "practiced" SEO. It isn't a real business. I only make money from it by putting Google AdSense and right now it makes just under $100 per month and growing, although I...

Monetization Website Acquisition SEO Revenue

asked Apr 3 '11 at 14:16

Genadinik
1,821 points

I usually like selling our new product, but today I'm not very excited about it. It really reflects on the feeling in my sales-calls. How do I get more excited about it?

Marketing Sales Selling

asked Jan 24 '12 at 01:09

Kristoffer Nolgren
113 points

I am launching a website. It will compete with one other website. The service will be identical for the most part, except my website will be superior in usability and I will also provide some extra...

Charging

asked Dec 30 '12 at 22:28

Arramack
36 points

Are there any regulations that I would need to adhere to if I wanted to bake and sell cakes online? I would only be shipping within the United States and offering the product at a premium price...

Ideas Ecommerce Subscriptions Selling Food

asked Jul 7 '14 at 22:25

Pablo Webb
14 points

My site accepts credit cards through PayPal, but some customers still send me credit card information in their e-mails or purchase orders. PayPal does not allow me to use this information to charge...

Credit Cards

asked Apr 23 '11 at 05:08

Philippe
297 points

We are a small studio providing various website production services. We mainly provide services to web design firms and individuals. Currently i have been using email marketing, adnetworks like...

Outsourcing Website Web Services

asked Jun 30 '11 at 01:12

Dipesh
11 points

How much do high-end financial consultancy firms (like lab49) charge per hour for a c# developer in London? In GBP please. Obviously the consultancy has to paid the developer + cover their...

Business Model Consulting Financial Rates

asked Jul 12 '11 at 06:06

Jamesgold
11 points

I'm author of the "Agile Toolkit " Framework. Currently it's available under dual license Affero GPL - any use, personal or commercial Permissive license for $130/domain Permissive license for...

Software Open Source Licensing Web Dev

asked Oct 24 '11 at 06:15

Romaninsh
253 points