Questions

Is an "Implementation" section a viable part of a business plan? From the entrepreneurs perspective it would seem so, as I feel like it would be really helpful to document how i plan on creating...

Business Plan Project Planning Project

asked Feb 3 '10 at 08:13

Eric Amzalag
818 points

This is a long exposition. Please bear with me, I think that I need to provide as much specifics as possible, while keeping it as short as possible. Thanks for reading, any feedback is much...

Equity Founders Partnership Compensation Partnerships

asked Sep 30 '11 at 05:22

Potential Partnership
13 points

As part of being transparent, we're thinking of putting our contract up online in our services section. The idea is that people would be able to have a look, question us in advance, and overall be...

Contract Website

asked Oct 31 '11 at 15:19

Mirov
384 points

As a decision maker in my startup I want to be better informed when contracting someone for a service, especially. Years ago I was led to believe anyone with a computer and good eye could easily...

Hiring Decision Research Contractor

asked Nov 8 '12 at 09:05

Robert Carr
11 points

We have formed our company (that is, incorporation is in progress) this November (2012). Our company focuses on IT service management (ITSM) solutions and have very skilled professionals in the...

Software Development Outsourcing Consulting Leads

asked Nov 21 '12 at 00:19

Rajagopal S
11 points

For a few months now, I have been developing a web application for a "non-profit" (unofficial, more on this later) of my own accord. I'm the only one who has written the code, it was my idea in the...

Legal Ethics

asked Dec 9 '12 at 07:57

John Doe
13 points

What are some common and not so common methodologies to differentiate from your competition? Here are some I can think of: Customer service Returns policy Donating small part of revenues to charity...

Competition Competitors Differentiation

asked May 6 '14 at 17:55

Coleen Briggs
11 points

Everyone want to have a website now but few of them prefer to outsource to companies in India, China etc but few want to get work done in their country, someone nearby. Do you prefer to outsource...

Marketing Recommendations Market Research

asked Oct 17 '10 at 04:04

Kashish
95 points

I'm a couple of months away from releasing my gradebook app for teachers, and will need a good promotional video. I'm bootstrapped and don't have much cash. Any suggestions? I can make a decent...

Advertising Video Promotion

asked Dec 20 '10 at 05:22

Riley
193 points

I built an electronic version of a popular board game. I got some good responses on avoiding legal issues, but I went ahead and built it anyway, keeping it private for obvious reasons. Everyone who...

License Legal Copyright Trademark Web App

asked Apr 23 '11 at 22:49

Pate
306 points

I have an income and a website idea. I know nothing about programming. I have a friend who is a programmer, comp-sci major, and so to get my idea created into a website I am paying them an hourly...

Partner Employees Salary Shares

asked Jun 11 '11 at 16:06

Zach
11 points

I have two websites that have to do with health. I originally made them just to practice SEO, and since now I am an SEO guru, they get lots of traffic. The problem is that those sites only get...

Monetization Affiliate Revenue

asked Sep 8 '11 at 02:49

Genadinik
1,821 points

I have a remote worker (He lives in South Africa, we are in Israel) in my team of 3, and I want to reward him for his awesome work. There is not enough budget to compensate him more but I still...

Compensation Remote

asked Jun 19 '12 at 03:39

Mikle
113 points

I have a commercial software product that will be launching soon. It has a very similar name to a piece of open source software in a non-English speaking country. The only difference is a...

Marketing Software Products Product Launch Name

asked Jan 2 '13 at 08:38

Firstresponder
113 points

Id like to know what investment options, equity or debt financing options exists amongst VC Firms for Entrepreneurs wanting to buy out their Investors stake in the business. In other words, exit...

Founder Finance Venture Capital Investors Exit

asked Sep 20 '13 at 06:30

T.G. Van Zyl
11 points

I posted here about starting an online business in your free time. There are many advantages to this like, no need for outside money, total control on everything, fun, and a terrific learning...

Getting Started

asked Apr 17 '10 at 04:19

Tony Henrich
85 points

I found a web design layout that I like, and it is from a GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE open source project. Will I run into any legal issues here? I know I should talk to a lawyer, but just curious...

Legal Website

asked Sep 22 '10 at 03:51

Un Startup
162 points

Our company has been asked to produce a financial forecast. Normally you would use data from similar businesses in the same industry. But, how can we do this when our business model is different...

Finance Planning Business Plan

asked Mar 10 '11 at 10:00

001
167 points

Can I signup for a merchant/seller account of either Paypal, Google Checkout , Amazon Checkout using my credit card info and receive payments for the products sold online ? Would my credit card...

Ecommerce Legal Selling

asked Mar 15 '11 at 04:39

Saurabh
11 points

I wish I had taken a stats class, but I didn't so I'm hoping someone out there can help me out. We sell a product with a recurring monthly fee. I'd like to be able to figure out how long the...

Statistics

asked Sep 19 '12 at 10:35

Jim
11 points