Questions

Wondering who owns stock/options pool before they are given out, e.g. in case of vesting. The company? (if yes, can an LLC own stock/options?), or the investor?

Stock Options

asked Apr 28 '11 at 00:45

Tamberg
113 points

This may sound as a duplicate of other questions, but the enphasis is International. I've found it neccesary to have a logo at the stage of looking for VC's, among other things. But currently I do...

Legal Logo Register

asked Oct 24 '12 at 18:27

Quinestor
126 points

We have set up a start up. Its being surviving for last 10 months. We are planning to launch an mobile app soon. But our worry is that we don't have a marketing team. We cannot afford to have a...

Market Market Opportunity

asked Apr 28 '11 at 01:26

Fayaz
35 points

We are bootstrapping and offering equity. We're seeking a front end developer. We posted on startuply.com but are looking for other places. We used one location on craigslist. Anywhere else we...

Development Equity Employees Startupvisa

asked Dec 18 '11 at 04:29

John Deer
11 points

I have bootstrapped a startup and am at the stage where I need salespeople who can go out and acquire some customers. Online marketing doesn't seem to be helping since my startup is a B2B focusing...

Marketing Sales Customers

asked Jan 28 '12 at 09:02

User15995
42 points

I have been working on a product for a while keeping my day job. With the help of a partner we are now ready to form a company and to launch the product. The issue is how to do it so that I won't...

Employers

asked Sep 29 '12 at 12:19

David Lema
11 points

In attracting investors, does the city/location of the startup play a role? Is it better to start the company in Souther California or in Bellevue, WA ?

Location

asked May 4 '11 at 06:05

Sakthy
45 points

OK I was reading this post here Equity distribution amongst startup co-founders And I was thinking ok once the equity has been discussed and agreed upon, who is the leader,Is it the guy with the...

Co-Founder Decision

asked Jun 5 '11 at 06:45

I Scotts
152 points

We are rethinking our 30-day trial for our B2B (small business) CMS. It is a very niche service and we have about 600 active paying subscribers at this point. In the past, I have always subscribed...

Credit Cards Trial

asked Sep 1 '11 at 00:31

Simon H
301 points

I'm a software developer and for the past 15 years I've been moonlighting in addition to my fulltime job. Back in 2009 my wife formed a single member LLC and we started running our side jobs (she's...

LLC Payroll

asked Dec 8 '12 at 03:50

Dar Lom
113 points

Is solving a "problem" absolutely required in an idea to build a startup around? What about something like SnapChat. Did they really solve a problem?What about when you're creating a new market...

Ideas Startups

asked Mar 19 '14 at 15:59

Christian Eubanks
60 points

I executed a contract at the end of May for a relatively small web application. It listed 3 main features/requirements and a due date of July 15th. It is October 8th and it is still on-going. I...

Contract Negotiation

asked Oct 9 '10 at 03:43

Fosco
113 points

How would a startup that intends to provide a brand new type of service quantify the market potential without spending a lot of money on legitimate survey research? Or without rolling out the...

Market Analysis Market Opportunity Market Research

asked Dec 24 '11 at 06:00

Caligirl
204 points

As a consultant for large corporations my startup is considering recommending the following: Imagine that you have a large business with several thousand employees. Usually such a business has...

Management Budget Large Companies Strategic Management

asked Jan 4 '11 at 21:14

David
1,567 points

Well, I have a website with a low traffic. How can I get tons of traffic to my website? Please do not say Adword and other things that requires expenditure to get traffic. How do I get free heavy...

Traffic

asked Sep 18 '11 at 17:11

Gimp
427 points

I am planning to start an online company, which would be a social tool, much like instagram and kik messenger, but I fail to see how these companies promise to return the investor's money. History...

Venture Capital Monetization Investment Social

asked Jul 1 '13 at 13:23

Jani Kovacs
75 points

I'm exploring safe places to store my startup's intellectual property. These could be anything from vendor lists to investor term sheets, etc.Should I trust cloud service providers like Google and...

Google Apps Security Document Management Cloud Dropbox

asked Jun 11 '15 at 18:14

Brenda Tanner
14 points

I am looking for a hosted Quizzes and Polls platform that has following features Create customized Quizzes and Polls Be able to embed these Quizzes and Polls on my site The platform should...

Marketing Analytics Saas Platforms

asked Feb 20 '10 at 11:42

User2202
164 points

I've been freelancing as a software engineer for a couple of years using an umbrella company. At the time I started, the consensus was that it wasn't worth the effort setting up your own company....

UK Tax

asked Jun 24 '10 at 09:01

Pete Kirkham
111 points

I'm looking for the best way to sell a web application. I've thought of the following options: Create an installable that people will need to purchase and run on their own web servers via a...

Selling Web App

asked Apr 4 '11 at 02:35

Jon
126 points