Questions

My scenario: I currently reside in CA. However, I will be locating to the state of Washington by the end of 2012. I (no other employees) am starting a 100% online service-based company, which will...

LLC Foreign Tax California

asked Mar 7 '12 at 10:53

Karen
11 points

It appears that in order to raise angel investor financing for my first-of-it's-kind product startup ($500K+ minimum) I will have to give up the whole dream within a few years in an exit...

Angel Exit Strategy

asked Jun 7 '12 at 00:17

Novati
11 points

I am a software engineer, blogger, marketer and upcoming entrepreneur. I just programmed an app to help corporate sites in marketing. I did all that alone, launched it and started getting clients....

Getting Started Equity

asked Mar 25 '13 at 04:15

Rasheeda
65 points

Alright, I have a pretty clear understanding of how to split equity for real startups, but how to do it for a smaller project (an app), with little acquisition potential (just profits), and a team...

Equity Apps

asked May 23 '13 at 09:58

Sean Clark Hess
113 points

Is it mainstream knowledge that clicking on the logo will take you to the homepage? Or is having a dedicated link / button called "Home" better from a user experience standpoint?

User Experience User Interface UX Usability

asked Jul 8 '14 at 21:43

Richard Cary
12 points

You have a product alpha. How do you discover who are the customers for your product?

Marketing Sales

asked Oct 10 '09 at 17:49

Alexandre Gomes
95 points

I'm not formally educated in finance but I want to learn it so I can start my business, what resources would you recommend?

Solo Entrepreneur Finance Entrepreneurs

asked Jun 7 '10 at 19:01

Elisha
64 points

We recently launched our word of mouth advertising startup, www.boostria.com. We want to rapidly grow our user base to mature our system. But it takes lots of time/effort to sign new users. So, my...

Bootstrapped Advertising Bloggers Blogging

asked Nov 13 '10 at 06:55

James Chen
19 points

So we are creating a new Android App. We'll have a name for it, and a logo, and the specific functionality of the app is something that hasn't been done before (we searched). The app is going to be...

Software Copyright Trademark

asked Feb 4 '11 at 04:45

Slandau
203 points

We're looking into building a site that would facilitate receiving payments online for places that do no have this capability. There's more to the site than receiving payments, it also makes sure...

Pricing Fees

asked Feb 21 '11 at 14:00

Pbz
111 points

I've been running a software startup for the last year - basically the business model is that I customize the software products released under GPL for my end customers. These customizations are...

Legal GPL

asked Mar 9 '11 at 16:51

Ajay
13 points

What would be the best way to collect usage metrics of a SaaS software? I want to collect something like logins, clicks and time spent in my software. Are there existing services out there that...

Metrics Data Collection

asked May 24 '11 at 18:42

Sebastian Hoitz
191 points

I want to develop a prototype to demonstrate to investors my idea in a practical way, hopefully securing funding to develop a full working product. My concern (however unfounded) is how I can stop...

Investors Prototype

asked Jun 24 '11 at 01:49

Sonny Ordell
197 points

I am likely to launch a webinar series with some partner companies that is targeted at individuals. Initially we might be as small as 50 - 100 attendees at first but it has the potential to be...

Marketing Inbound Marketing

asked Jul 20 '11 at 06:32

Chris
4,214 points

I'm Canadian and living in Canada and I have a professional friend who is American and living in the States. He and I want to start a call center. The operation will be centered around him for...

Incorporation Outsourcing Legal Employees

asked Mar 25 '13 at 04:43

User25605
11 points

If I were to take my camera and take pictures of shows playing on my television, do I have the legal right to use those photographs online?I'm building an entertainment blog around this concept.

Blog Legal Photography

asked Feb 24 '14 at 17:31

Jason Tillery
45 points

If there are two competitors, both offering the exact same solution. The only difference is that one is a normal software that the user installs on their computer, while the other is a web based...

Software Benefits Saas

asked Apr 27 '14 at 15:27

Evelyn Barr
14 points

I am at a startup and we are looking to bring on board a two interns. One is marketing and the other iPhone Development. Looking for templates or website to help create a mentoring and training...

Marketing Interns

asked Oct 13 '09 at 10:23

Derek Beda
221 points

Ok, so I've got (yet another) idea for a startup, which I think is pretty good. The innovative and most expensive part of it might just not be possible but the project could fallback to a good...

Getting Started Recommendations

asked Jan 28 '11 at 02:13

Cawas
120 points

I have asked a few fledgling tech startups about what they wish they didn't have to spend as much time on. The answer is almost invariably 'not coding' and 'context shifts' as exemplified by...

Marketing Development Social Media Social Network

asked Mar 30 '11 at 15:46

Unomi
111 points