Questions

What sort of attention does Twitter get for links? How effective is it for disseminating links, in comparison to other techniques? In what circumstances is it the one of the best channels for...

Twitter Promotion

asked Jun 29 '10 at 15:48

Joseph Turian
895 points

I'm considering looking for a partner for my small startup, I've got an established (very small) base of users on my site, and I think the next step might be to scale up. There are a lot of...

Partnerships

asked Apr 15 '11 at 22:14

Dan Williams
166 points

For simplicity assume conversion rate is 10%, and margin is 50%. How much should I pay for the visitor in relation to the lifetime value of the customer? PPC/10% < LTV*50% has to be true, but...

Adwords Advertising PPC Customer Value

asked May 21 '11 at 00:51

Tim Nikolaev
176 points

My 3 man equal partnership disagrees on a key issue regarding placing a buyout clause in our operating agreement. One of the three is deeply against any buyout close for both his status as a member...

LLC Agreements

asked Jun 13 '11 at 08:50

Steve
113 points

What are the differences? Or what are the other investment on a company we should watch out?

Venture Capital Strategic Investment

asked Jun 25 '11 at 21:49

Victor
593 points

I don't understand the funding/investment landscape. If I want to bring someone in to help me pitch angel investors and/or VC's: Where would I go about finding them? What questions do I ask to...

Funding

asked Sep 15 '11 at 06:37

Javid Jamae
347 points

I am a young university student with a good number of years experience in both small/large software companies. This has put me in a good position to find strong student developers and lead/consult...

Getting Started Software Equity

asked Aug 27 '12 at 03:31

Anon 205
11 points

I would like to purchase an iOS developer account from apple. My credit card name is: ABCD. And I am going to purchase the developer account with the same credit card as an Individual account(since...

Credit Cards Iphone Registration Apple Account

asked Nov 24 '13 at 01:42

Thampuran
13 points

I'm looking for business-class IMAP email programs to replace the traditional Outlook/POP configuration. Key features needed: the ability to access your email from any device without sacrificing...

Software Outsourcing IT Infrastructure Backup

asked Oct 11 '09 at 13:18

Julie King
871 points

I'm not sure if this forum is an appropriate place for this question but here goes. I work in a building that isn't close to any restaurants even though it's in a downtown-ish area. There's just...

Business

asked May 11 '11 at 02:07

Jason Swett
555 points

I'm building a startup music service that uses recordings of real musicians and creates completely new music out of it. Musicians that submit acceptable recordings that are sitting on a hard drive...

Music

asked Jun 7 '11 at 11:12

Gregarious
88 points

My startup is at the stage where I'm considering forming an LLC, S-Corp or C-Corp. I've been reading a lot, on this site and others, about the various advantages and disadvantages of the 3 main...

Incorporation Salary S Corp

asked Jan 12 '12 at 02:14

Paul Cezanne
649 points

Are offers for interns negotiable? I'm sure this varies from company to company, but most startups don't have a formal intern program like much larger companies and probably far fewer applicants...

Job Offer Interns

asked Apr 1 '12 at 08:21

Bhan
111 points

I plan to get a trademark registered and I was searching the USPTO website to see if it already taken or not. I figured out the Live/Dead Indicator is "Dead". Does that mean I can get this...

Trademark Domain Name

asked Aug 4 '11 at 06:23

Umair Ashraf
135 points

Background : Company A has developed a software product. Revenue is about $8K per month; margin is about 75% (after royalties). Debt owed to angel and family/friends investors is about $550K. The...

Company Tax Intellectual Property Valuation Debt

asked Nov 9 '11 at 09:50

Starting Fresh
11 points

I am considering building a social network similar to this one and startups.com but for a different market. I am somewhat familiar with StackOverflow but looking for a platform that gives me more...

Software

asked Nov 23 '09 at 09:06

Arman Arami
399 points

Has anyone hired a commercial cleaner in the past? If so, how did you choose the right cleaning company? What was important for you when looking for a commercial cleaner? Also, what where the...

Hiring

asked May 14 '10 at 02:46

Jed Regan
266 points

This may be a vague question but i was always wondering this, of course i am not talking about spamming nor things like that but about genuine and reliable online job/work that can be done from...

Jobs International Internet

asked Aug 27 '10 at 00:52

Prix
133 points

I got a job offer from a startup with about 70-80 engineers. I'm a fresh PhD. I'm getting about 0.01%. What percentage of stock options would be a fair price? They gave me a good base salary...

Job Offer Stock Options

asked Oct 4 '10 at 11:03

Wei Hu
113 points

I am a professional developer with a couple of hobby websites. I have been paying hosting costs out of my pocket over the last couple of years and don't really mind as the users have been grateful....

Finance Legal Bank Account

asked Jan 12 '11 at 09:14

Blu
113 points