Questions

I have been working in my head (and on paper) on an Idea for a Web Application for a while. I am a software engineer and have required skill set for designing and managing the application however...

Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs Business Plan

asked Feb 13 '10 at 00:39

Ziggy S
11 points

If 2 business are generating the same revenue / profits, would you value a business more (in terms of numbers) because they are located at a good business address? (psychology is in play here)

Business

asked Aug 25 '11 at 21:12

Prashant
11 points

Customer comes with a rough software idea and is willing to pay. However, he does not have a detailed requirement. Please kindly advice what to do with this situation (or links to resources). Would...

Software

asked Feb 29 '12 at 14:05

Dr. Xray
113 points

For a new startup with limited funds and a single developer, would you recommend PaaS platforms like Heroku or self-managed server instances like Digital Ocean?Also, is it just me or does AWS seems...

Hosting Cloud Aws Heroku Digital Ocean

asked Jun 12 '15 at 11:40

Chester Davis
11 points

What if run a twitter campaign like so: Tweet FooBarCompanyXYZ.com for chance to win $xxx.xx Is this legal? Is there some sort of rules about sweepstakes, etc? I live in Arkansas. Do you have any...

Marketing Legal

asked Nov 1 '09 at 08:26

Jeffrey Hicks
313 points

I started a one-person software company 18 months ago with no outside investment. Revenue and profits are healthy ($100K+/year), expenses are low. Although I am not actively seeking to sell, if...

Bootstrapped

asked Nov 21 '09 at 04:45

Steve Mc Leod
118 points

The service I'm planning to launch, requires a lot of work (code and design-wise), and it definitely needs more than 1-2 persons. In my country, start-up partners are hard to find/non-existent. It...

Bootstrapped Features Outsourcing

asked Mar 18 '11 at 19:08

Dyn Zack
216 points

I'm looking for opinions on what you would expect the equity distribution to be in this scenario: Person #1: Came up with the idea, left his job 1 year ago & went unpaid for 6 months, filed...

Equity Angel

asked Sep 13 '11 at 21:26

Boston123
113 points

There are two of us already on the team and have some knowledge of programming but no qualifications. Do you think we will be disadvantaged by not having a technical co-founder?

Ycombinator

asked Sep 18 '11 at 22:08

Logi Kal
37 points

Does anybody know a good terms of service generator? I need one that, besides inserting company name and etc, will outline my and my customers' rights so I don't have to read the whole thing. I'm...

Contract Legal Web Design Terms And Conditions

asked Nov 7 '11 at 07:11

Rooz Mahdavian
11 points

After reading today's Gamasutra article about Jagex vs Impulse Software, and considering my own academic activities, I suddenly became very concerned with my legal protection. As such I would...

Incorporation Legal Intellectual Property Terms And Conditions

asked Jan 24 '12 at 07:15

Kort Pleco
891 points

I was looking at kickstarter to get some funding for a possible business venture. Kickstarter funding would cover entity filing fees and other costs or licenses and materials. I have seen some...

Funding Equity Crowdsourcing

asked Mar 15 '12 at 12:35

Cqm
11 points

I founded a startup in late 2008, as a sole proprietorship LLC. I was the only member in the LLC. It stayed that way until August of 2011, less than a year ago, when I added a minority partner to...

LLC Capital Gains Capital

asked Mar 22 '12 at 04:26

Arbingersys
11 points

I'm working on a start up project that'll offer a video based product. The product will be distributed via the web, so i need a programmer to develop the website for it If you look at the project...

Partnerships

asked Jun 10 '13 at 09:15

C.Graco
11 points

Facebook seems to have become too commercialized for their own good. I would love to build a new social network that gets back to the basics, but not sure if it will be worth it.Considering how...

Ideas Facebook Social Network Startups

asked Jun 12 '15 at 12:42

Chester Trujillo
14 points

Company looks like this: investor = input money only 30% share founder/developer (me) = input money ( about 1/2 what investor has ) and tons of sweat equity 1+ year 40% share developer = sweat...

Revenue Distribution

asked Jan 10 '11 at 16:09

Sysconfig
13 points

I'm just about to release my first publicly available web app, and I'm wondering what type of revenue model to use. Basically, the entire idea of the app is that it does not require log ins, so,...

Finance Web Revenue

asked Nov 7 '11 at 08:15

Dhaivat Pandya
111 points

Our company recently created a new department/unit that will develop apps for consumers. The company is engaged in the hardware reselling/distribution for 15 years and wanted to expand into the...

Bootstrapped Apps

asked Sep 18 '12 at 17:11

Fart Y Goer
11 points

I have created a small application/tool, and I would like to release it to the public under those conditions: It is free. (donations are welcome) It is closed source. In the future, I might...

Software License Application Donations Software Licensing

asked Mar 11 '13 at 10:51

Sharp12345
113 points

Coming up with ideas for entrepreneurs isn't really a problem. Execution on the other hand, as I have experienced, is by far the hardest thing to keep on top with, especially if you have to keep...

Planning Lean

asked Apr 23 '13 at 13:11

Janharold
11 points