Questions

If you know a technology well, should you use it for new projects? Or you should try to objectively choose the "right" technology for the problem at hand? If you go with what you know, you can...

Technology Choices

asked Oct 10 '09 at 13:23

Jason
16,231 points

Joel Spolsky is always writing about how companies should treat and offer the best to their developers in order to be able to get the best of them. As a startup, when the time comes and you do need...

Recruiting Hiring Incentives Developers Engineers

asked Oct 10 '09 at 12:44

Ricardo
4,815 points

When trying to raise money, what are the going rates for finders fee? Also, who pays the fee: the investor, the entrepreneur or the company that is getting the investment? Does it change with the...

Funding Investment

asked Nov 19 '09 at 23:45

Ron Ga
2,181 points

I've got an idea for a product and I want to get funding. How do I go about looking for funding without telling too many people, or the wrong person, about my idea? I don't want it to be stolen.

Funding NDA

asked Nov 18 '10 at 04:42

Moshe
409 points

I work at a small startup (~30 people) and the woman that is responsible for recruiting apparently told my salary to someone while having lunch (I don't know to who).Now my department knows that I...

Legal Salary Human Resources

asked Mar 3 '14 at 20:06

Esther Rooker
80 points

With the $5K that I have to work with, what is the best way I can utilize it to grow my SaaS app? The items should be measurable (so... magazine ads it out :) My app is an email marketing...

Marketing Growth Budget

asked Feb 10 '14 at 16:04

Leigh Geyer
38 points

Every time I do a pitch for any software idea I'm asked "What kind of protection do you have?" and it always stumps me. I've asked others and they don't have a good idea either. As a start up...

Getting Started Venture Capital Pitch

asked Aug 27 '13 at 21:48

Keith Loughnane
138 points

I am an online software developer who does freelancing through an online portal. I started this last year but achieved success only this year. I found a very good client who said he has a job chain...

Outsourcing Payments Code Clients

asked Jul 21 '13 at 03:22

Super Nova
138 points

We are in a sticky situation, that is no ones fault but our own. We had approached a developer to join our startup. After showing him the project he was excited and decided to join. Our mistake was...

Co-Founder Legal Investors Intellectual Property

asked Apr 24 '13 at 15:13

Derek
164 points

If we have a web startup originally targetting users from country A, but the majority of users end up to be from America, is it sufficient to have the company incorporated in country...

Getting Started Incorporation Legal Tax USA

asked Mar 3 '13 at 19:30

Nyxynyx
193 points

I recently received my LLC for my business and was able to open my business checking account. Now I have to figure out how to pay myself. When I get my check from my contractor, should I deposit it...

Business

asked Feb 5 '13 at 14:20

Aleshia
36 points

I have a great idea for a new product and I am thinking about launching it on Kickstarter, but I have one major problem. I am afraid that someone will steal my product and/or accuse me of stealing...

Ideas Startup Costs Patent Intellectual Property Kickstarter

asked Jan 31 '13 at 07:27

Annonomus Person
204 points

I'm 24 and I started an ecommerce web marketing business about two years ago. I finally have enough cash flow to hire someone and accelerate growth. I'm also a mobile developer. At this point,...

Entrepreneurship

asked Jan 25 '13 at 05:22

Mnort9
201 points

I will be the first technical employee of an early-stage startup. I don't have a ton of experience (so something like CTO would look bad and misrepresent me) but I will be doing all the software...

Software Titles

asked Dec 20 '12 at 06:33

Robamaton
143 points

I have been running a small IT services company for 2 years. I personally maintain close relationship with our clients. However, with increasing work and client base, I feel that I have become a...

Operations

asked Dec 14 '12 at 06:07

Vikram
36 points

Sometimes, including on this forum, I read advice to use Adwords for market research. Looks simple: find a few terms that describe your product idea, see how many people are searching for it, put...

Adwords Research Pay Per Click

asked Nov 7 '12 at 19:35

Sergei Veinberg
429 points

What are some caveats in this situation? For example, how can I make sure my partners in both companies are happy, and there is no suspicion on their side that I'm tricking both companies to my own...

Legal Conflicts Conflict Of Interest

asked Oct 28 '12 at 03:07

Mojuba
138 points

In the case of business SaaS, specifically in a market where this type of software is never free what are the arguments regarding launching your product for free? More specifically the idea would...

Cost Saas Freemium Free

asked Oct 5 '12 at 15:48

Maxim Gershkovich
234 points

I've been trying to put together a one line pitch for days. Either my startup sounds too complicated or too simple. People automatically compare my startup to other websites.

Pitch

asked Sep 28 '12 at 00:48

Zapoo
303 points

I realized that I was losing track of people I have been in contact with once I got a call from a prospective vendor and they referred to a quote that I couldn't identify. I would like to track:...

Sales

asked Sep 22 '12 at 09:30

Adam
36 points