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Is there any hope for a founder to sell shares between series seed and series A? After two years of getting a business off the ground with co-founders, I could use cash for family reasons. I have...

Equity Founders Stock Options Liquidity

asked Feb 21 '14 at 06:28

User30169
1 point

I'm getting pegged to become a part of a new Product (physical object) startup. I would be the brand director for the company, responsible for all things non-product design related. This would...

Equity

asked Aug 31 '11 at 06:44

Benny
1 point

A partner and I have been working through a business idea centered around a website & mobile app. We've worked through the conceptualisation, version 1 designs, research and some very basic...

Equity

asked Aug 6 '13 at 22:59

Eagarmatt
1 point

They're backed by Sequoia so definitely must have a monetization plan. Sequoia wouldn't drop money on them without looking for a return on their investment. Everything seems to be free on their...

Monetization

asked Feb 21 '14 at 07:39

William Boyd
1 point

2 other guys and myself decided to put together a young mens online magazine. We collectively came up with the name, but I came up with the concept of the magazine. 1 guy does the writing and the...

Co-Founder Incorporation Equity Income

asked Jan 9 '12 at 12:47

Fashionisto
1 point

I hope this is not the wrong forum for this question, but I can't find one in the Stack Exchange "family" that would be more appropriate. I have ideas for two web sites which I think will be quite...

Website

asked Jun 28 '13 at 10:14

B. Clay Shannon
123 points

What type of team composition (# of people, skill sets) would be most ideal? Both in terms of skills needed to execute and to raise money.

Co-Founder Team

asked Mar 16 '14 at 01:00

Nathanial Norman
10 points

DropBox's entire business is using Amazon's S3 service to provide distributed storage. Wouldn't it be easy for Amazon to offer such a service directly?It seems like an obvious choice since DropBox,...

Competition Amazon Dropbox

asked Apr 17 '14 at 18:30

Mark Bartley
2 points

What are some the characteristics and qualities that you have seen that they may have in common.

Founders Characteristics

asked Nov 20 '09 at 08:00

Usman Sheikh
1,728 points

As a follow up on another question about LLCs, and a comment on an answer -- which states do not allow personal negligence to be protected by an LLC?

LLC

asked Aug 11 '12 at 02:43

Blunders .
899 points

I'd like to offer business-skills seminars, as web video, and quantify their value - what are some ways to do that? A few examples include: Mastering this skill is worth $10,000+ Learning this...

Pricing

asked Aug 21 '12 at 02:18

Randy Zeitman
41 points

How will I know when my company is ready to receive an investment? I am starting a company and have bootstrapped it so far. I have produced four versions of the demo. The first fully-working...

Funding Investors

asked Nov 28 '12 at 11:10

Gunshor
1 point

Are there any available platforms that provide a way for big companies to educate their employees on procedures online? I am thinking of building such a solution and interested to hear thoughts if...

Enterprise Education Intranet

asked Feb 21 '14 at 11:30

Jasmine Williams
50 points

I have several ideas that I label "infrastructure ideas" (both physical and virtual). This means that the ideas will create completely new infrastructure (I use a very broad definition of the term)...

Bootstrapped Ideas Infrastructure Chicken And Egg

asked Jun 14 '10 at 05:41

David
1,567 points

I'm looking for a good way to stay in touch with the hosts of my Momtrepreneur Exchanges around the country. There's a host in each of our 23 cities so far. It's a pile of people in different time...

Software Application Business Partnerships

asked Oct 22 '10 at 02:53

Jill
26 points

I have a paid B2C web app. I'm currently running a trial model but I'm working to convert it to the Freemium model after evaluating the potential gains and losses. Although my conversion rate is...

Marketing Freemium Bloggers

asked Jun 29 '11 at 14:19

Nick
173 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? Apologies for the lack of brevity, but I wanted to give you a full picture of the situation. Appreciate...

Co-Founder Equity Compensation

asked Nov 18 '12 at 21:45

Aj Yusuf
1 point

I am a web entrepreneur and programmer. I am good at generating new ideas and refining them but now, my strength is being my weakness as when ever I am close to completing a a product, I get new...

Getting Started Founder Ideas

asked Dec 17 '12 at 08:35

Sourabh
288 points

I want to sell PPC to white collar professional service businesses (lawyers, accountants, etc.) I already am a website designer marketing to these folks. I could create a website that sells a...

Subscriptions PPC

asked Mar 2 '11 at 12:22

Randy
249 points

The simplest / minimalist sign up processes is usually the best for the end user. Can you provide some examples. I need to create a sign up process for 2 types of end users, similar to a job site....

Launch Website User Experience Users Registration

asked Aug 18 '11 at 03:32

Webster
1 point