Questions

I would like to start a niche social media website but I have no knowledge of programming. I do have business knowledge but that doesn't help me in the actual creation of this website. I don't have...

Social Media Patent

asked Sep 1 '12 at 01:13

Christine
1 point

I know this question has been asked many times on many places, however I wasn't able to get straight forward answer except for, "go to Attorney". Sure, I will (go), however I am just doing papers...

EIN

asked Mar 22 '13 at 05:04

Kedar
1 point

I'm looking to hire a full time programmer in India. Of course he would need to pay tax in India. But would I also need to pay tax in USA? If I've got an LLC taxed as an S-Corp in California?

India LLC Tax USA Developers

asked Oct 22 '13 at 12:19

Ron
21 points

I'm wondering if anyone has tips setting up an inside sales room. We have about 7 to 10 people making phone calls all day in a pretty narrow, smaller room. We've done a lot of acoustic reduction...

Office Organization Operations

asked Dec 2 '13 at 12:22

John O
1 point

We are looking to start an Adwords campaign for our startup. We are keen to know what levels of spend people started at and what responses they found to be typical. for reference this is a service...

Marketing Adwords Recommendations

asked Nov 13 '11 at 11:57

Jon Slinn
16 points

When getting backlinks, should I point them to https://www.site.com or http://www.site.com? for reference, when someone goes on my site by typing in http://www.site.com or www.site.com they get...

SEO

asked Dec 16 '11 at 17:05

Dmurtagh
157 points

I have come across several situations wherein the VC invests based on funds needed to get certain things done in a startup.This seems ok, but most will want nothing less than 20% of the company....

Venture Capital

asked Apr 21 '12 at 17:07

Priyank
113 points

I have recently been working on a site which showcases open source projects. My partner and I have discussed business plans (with premium services and whatnot), but finally decided to keep the...

Decision Non Profit Content

asked May 1 '12 at 06:11

Lance Lafontaine
190 points

We are expanding our danish internet business to other countries (Germany, Spain, UAE...). This means that we will hire a couple of sales people in each country. The question is if we should...

International Internet Global Customers Setup

asked May 9 '12 at 13:17

Janne
1 point

I have seen quite a few threads on being rejected by Biz Spark, but all seemed to be resolved by resubmitting the application with the needed undocumented information. To note, the undocumented...

Application Microsoft Bizspark

asked Oct 22 '13 at 15:48

User28367
1 point

I have a couple of small properties that I would like to lease to startups and tech companies. What amenities should I provide in order to attract them? Best ways to advertise them to startups...

Real Estate Office Space Startups

asked Mar 14 '14 at 04:57

Jeremy Sykes
20 points

I'm trying to find out a little bit of information about a US company before potentially doing some work for them. If I wanted to find out about a company in the UK, I would search on the...

Incorporation USA

asked Oct 14 '10 at 22:08

Dan Dyer
657 points

If you had an online product that filled a significant nitch, would you let members use your site for free instead of following through on a paid model? Inline with this question, assume that this...

Subscriptions Website Free Service

asked Feb 15 '11 at 05:50

John
161 points

I have a company share proposal for co-founders of a web-application startup. I would like to if the structure makes sense, or if anyone can suggest a more suitable structure, which has the desired...

Board Co-Founder Equity Compensation

asked Feb 25 '11 at 06:03

Michael Parks
3 points

If I have a company that has been building some SAAS for several years. I am now looking to take on another person and give them 40% equity. Were should the IP of the software been maintained?...

Intellectual Property

asked May 27 '12 at 21:29

Craig
219 points

I have an opportunity to build a software with a subscription model with my partner who is the domain expert. We found a consulting company who is willing to due the whole development and...

Software Partner Development Equity Consulting

asked Oct 22 '13 at 16:14

Adam
1 point

We're a LAN Party organizing start-up in India and have organized a few tournaments at the local level before. Now as we plan to move to the next level, i.e., national, we wish to pitch to the...

Planning Business Plan Corporate Sponsorship Sponsorship

asked Dec 23 '11 at 07:10

Ikartik90
108 points

We are 3 founding partners in an early stage start up. We are all good friends, and just started to negotiate an equity agreement. Our goal is to be fair, but also be fundable, as we will be...

Funding Dilution

asked Jul 11 '12 at 08:56

Derek
164 points

I'm thinking about starting work on a system that allows companies that have previously done business together to essentially rate their experience. Allowing other users to see if their potential...

Recommendations Legal

asked Aug 10 '12 at 18:10

Owen
103 points

I was just thinking of building a web app(for learning purposes) that would let users upload their music files on to a server and then create playlists that could be heard from anywhere in the...

Piracy Web App Cloud

asked Feb 3 '13 at 04:50

Karthik Kannan
156 points