Questions

I'm in the process of incorporating a C corp in Delaware and my lawyer is asking me how many directors I want to appoint. He suggests 3 is a good number. Based on some of your experiences, what...

Board

asked Feb 23 '10 at 08:32

Newyuppie
441 points

In a given sector (makers of instruments used in medical procedures in my case), how do you do a press release? And who to? Do you make it only to 'the press' i.e. trade magazines, or to companies...

Marketing Press Release

asked Jun 2 '11 at 08:18

John
173 points

Under what conditions can a C corp increase the total number of shares authorized? Board approval? Majority shareholder approval? Unanimous shareholder approval?

Corporate Structure Shares Corporation

asked Oct 26 '11 at 16:17

Jon
11 points

If an employee wanted to clean our buildings above their normal responsibilities, could we hire them as an independent contractor for the cleaning work in addition to them being an employee? Is...

Employees Human Resources

asked Feb 24 '12 at 01:19

Matthew Rankin
196 points

What some of the best cost effective lead generation methods for a SaaS company?

Saas Lead Generation

asked Mar 5 '14 at 05:25

Paul Rathbone
50 points

I'm in NY. It's been suggested I limit the scope of my VC courting to my native coast. I appreciate the intimacy of the entrepreneur/VC relationship, but if I'm looking for early-stage funding,...

Venture Capital Location

asked Apr 16 '11 at 04:51

Anonymous
16 points

I'm currently employed full-time, yet I want to market myself on LinkedIn as the founder and creator of my startup. The goal of being on LinkedIn would be to network with peers and potential...

Linkedin

asked Jun 19 '13 at 05:42

Marco
11 points

I am looking for some feedback regarding this situation. We provide software in the form of SaaS. Now, we have been working with this 1 company for over 3 years. They have 1200 employees, of...

Sales Negotiation

asked Aug 28 '10 at 02:14

Danny
113 points

So, I'm based in the UK and would like to start offering web-design services to my clients. I myself am not a designer (I just don't have the eye for it) though I know there are many talented...

Outsourcing

asked Apr 20 '11 at 21:27

Kj Bweb
13 points

I am considering buying some software, which would do very advanced calculations/simulations for me. If this software provides wrong results, I could go bankrupt. I specifically did not want to...

Purchasing Sub Contractors

asked May 16 '11 at 22:19

David
1,567 points

Say a client wants to add something to their extranet webapp which I'm renting out to them. For any customization, I charge an hourly fee. Do I just give them how many hours I worked? New feature...

Billing

asked Oct 29 '10 at 14:07

Level1 Coder
113 points

A couple of months back I launched Data Moving Tool, an application to Extract, Transform and Load data to and from any data source (database, flat files, etc). In an effort to boost my online...

Software SEO

asked Feb 18 '11 at 06:35

Jbb
33 points

Currently I'm working on a project together with 1 co-founder and soon we are going to incorporate a company. We agreed that I get 70% shares and he gets 30% . The reason is because I started the...

Incorporation Investment Investors Partnerships Shares

asked Apr 20 '11 at 22:08

Paul12
18 points

I am considering joining a startup as employee #2. I expect to receive some equity (either stock or options). Is there any way in which I can protect myself against the founders simply issuing...

Equity Compensation Stock Options

asked Sep 3 '11 at 03:57

Abtin Forouzandeh
121 points

I have been on a fruitless search for a technical partner to help me build a web startup. In the meantime, I went ahead and had the MVP built by an offshore company. They've done a pretty good job,...

Outsourcing Negotiation Technical Partnership Agreements

asked Dec 29 '11 at 03:26

Li Zhou
323 points

I have an idea for a website which I think will generate traffic. I want to put the material itself on the website but minimize taking care of the advertising which is how it's supposed to generate...

Marketing Website

asked Jan 20 '12 at 01:49

Startup1
90 points

We are a small US Corp that hired a couple of workers in the Philippines to help us with some of our online work. We are paying them directly, but that means they do not have Social Security or...

Tax USA

asked Jul 17 '12 at 03:32

Frank
11 points

I'm about to release a software as a service targeted at university students. Through the university I currently attend, I was able to export the global email address list (this information is...

Marketing Ethics Email

asked Sep 22 '12 at 16:31

Josh Tfs
13 points

I have read that for open source software developers, 3 common ways to make money are hosting, consulting, and support. I understand support and consulting but what is hosting? When I read...

Open Source Hosting

asked Oct 14 '13 at 03:25

Victor
137 points

We spent a lot of money on PPC ads and lately seeing a ton of fraudulent clicks. After some investigation, they appear to be clicks by competitors. How can we prevent this from happening on not...

Adwords Competition Advertising Google Fraud

asked Apr 17 '15 at 10:10

Frank Heacock
12 points