Questions

How much does office space for startups cost in New York City? What are the options?

Office Real Estate

asked Dec 14 '09 at 11:30

Joel Spolsky
13,482 points

There are currently 3 cofounders and 1 of them is an engineer other 2 are sales representatives. Many of the times technical cofounder doesn't agree with our views and is backed by his team...

Co-Founder Founders

asked Dec 4 '12 at 21:51

Santu
156 points

I use Paypal to handle payments. Recently I found out they require the customer to have an account for large transactions. However, it is impossible for a corporate credit card user to create an...

Credit Cards Canada

asked Dec 11 '10 at 07:55

Steve Hanov
596 points

We'd like to offer 30 day trial for a subscription service. Has anyone experimented with that? We will probably do a bunch of testing with it but I'd really like to hear your experiences on: 1)...

Subscriptions Trial Saas

asked Oct 18 '09 at 08:38

Slav Ivanov
1,146 points

I've been running an in-office and online educational business for 3 years. The original partners are offering me a small equity share, but there is no contract yet (nor has there ever been one). I...

Founders Conflict Of Interest

asked Apr 14 '11 at 06:37

Anthony O
51 points

I had the idea for my startup two years ago. I discussed it with a friend and over time we agreed to be partners in the venture together, with a 50-50 equity split. We signed a tentative agreement...

Co-Founder Contract

asked Jan 27 '10 at 09:06

Steve French
621 points

My friend had a fantastic idea for an iPhone game. I am currently working on it, as he lacks the technical expertise at the moment to work on such a large project. Here's my problem: what is an...

Legal

asked Feb 20 '11 at 12:35

Brobd
53 points

Yesterday (at my first ever pitch!) I met someone who is an "Angel Investor / Consultant" ( yes I've not heard of that term either). Today I had another meeting with him and he's offered to help me...

Fees

asked Apr 8 '11 at 03:00

User9258
31 points

Assume I've made a (hypothetical) online game where you equip two cats that rule small feifdoms, and they fight each other. I haven't done this! It's just an example. But say I did this, and I...

Marketing Ecommerce Naming Domain

asked Aug 2 '12 at 04:39

Mattshepherd
133 points

We are currently a LLC from Uruguay, and we've been requested by a potential customer in the US to provide employer identification number (EIN). So we are evaluating the possibility of...

Incorporation Offshore

asked Jan 27 '11 at 06:58

Gabriel Lopez
31 points

Let's say you've got a web-app (what for is not really the point) ready to go live, but you don't wanna run it - you wanna sell it to the best bidder. What are some good places to auction it...

Web App Marketplace

asked Mar 30 '11 at 04:28

John Idol
133 points

Our startup was recently contacted by a large global company for an RFI (request for information) for implementing an enterprise software solution. We have a great product which on technical merit...

Entrepreneurs

asked Aug 24 '11 at 06:43

Ms. Founder
31 points

I recently launched a Q&A language site (powered by StackExchange just like answers.onstartups.com) as a side project. Now that it's gaining noticeable interest, I am looking forward to push it...

Marketing Promotion

asked Feb 6 '10 at 03:02

Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

I'm involved, as a software developer, in an early stage (pre-profit) start up. The product is at a point where the basic core is implemented and we are building out features and adding polish, so...

Management Ideas

asked Jun 6 '10 at 04:15

Mch
133 points

For my new startup, I've tried contacting numerous blogs, newspapers, news channels, and other media channels to help feature my startup. I've written kind, catchy, short, and to the point emails...

Social Media

asked Nov 24 '10 at 11:37

Mlocke97
48 points

Can one pay for expenses that a start up requires before forming your LLC or Corp? Is it then possible to count them as expenses when you start one?

Getting Started Incorporation Payments Expenses

asked Apr 9 '10 at 18:06

Vnchopra
418 points

Background My startup is relying heavily on contacts, which I trust. If I improved my way of assessing whether a new contact is trustworthy or not, I believe my startup would be more successful....

Networking Trust Social Network Contact

asked May 29 '11 at 06:42

David
1,567 points

I am going to start working on a project, but divided between two project ideas. The first one is interesting to me personally, and I have been toying with it for some time as an evening hobby,...

Getting Started Sales Motivation Monetization

asked Apr 5 '13 at 13:16

Mitten
31 points

I believe inbound marketing makes small businesses sales easier on both parties, but honestly I've haven't used direct sales much. So should we focus on inbound marketing? Or have salespeople...

Sales SMB Inbound Marketing

asked Oct 11 '09 at 05:15

Slav Ivanov
1,146 points

I'd like to create a brand, naturally, but I have a problem. You see, there are only so many colors in the world and the number of colors has not changed much since the 1980s, when software...

Legal Branding

asked Nov 18 '10 at 05:53

Moshe
409 points