Questions

Other than small ads that came a couple years later after youtube's first launch and paid videos to be displayed as featured videos how can a site like youtube that has so many expenses profit?...

Profitability Money Income

asked Dec 13 '12 at 20:23

Yoyilbey
49 points

Note: I WILL be seeking information from a lawyer or accountant if I proceed but I want preliminary info here first. I am considering a business that, for sake of example, is much like Guru.com or...

Payments Legal Tax Saas USA

asked Apr 1 '13 at 08:05

User478798
3 points

Do all s corps require you to have shares, board of directors and annual meetings. I work for a very small software development firm (right passed a start-up, we actually have good stable income)...

Legal Corporate Structure

asked Aug 17 '11 at 05:21

Frank
43 points

I'm looking for a suitable startup name. The purpose of the startup will be to close the gap between people and technology. Any suggestion will be appreciated.

Identity

asked Feb 11 '12 at 10:06

Gugulethun
97 points

Internationalization and localization are some ways to test the water in various regions, to see which market you fit in best. I wonder if any of you has any experience in a multi-lingual web...

Management International Localization Translation

asked May 25 '12 at 14:33

Victor
593 points

My question concerns the tax implications of distributing profits, if and when the hard work pays off. In my case all of the expenses and income have flowed through my business account (S...

USA Corporation Profit Sharing

asked Apr 1 '13 at 08:43

Robotronic
1 point

Would love to hear what things people tried last year that failed. And what are you planning on doing different in 2014? For me, it was Facebook ads. Their performance was abysmal.

Marketing Facebook

asked Feb 11 '14 at 16:44

Edward Marra
16 points

Assume that you are working for a startup on hourly rate basis (let's assume x dollars per hour) right from the start. Now, after y month, the stack holder offers you equity in exchange of hourly...

Equity

asked Dec 14 '09 at 20:46

Graviton
871 points

Our website is currently run on a Hyper-V server and we use SQL Server 2008 R2 Express. One annoying limitation of 2008-r2 is it has a 1gb RAM limit. We are enrolled on Bizspark from Microsoft...

Microsoft Bizspark

asked Dec 15 '11 at 05:34

Tom
480 points

We have a free B2B Saas offering - we are young company and still getting established and we get asked questions on a daily basis about security. The questions we get asked almost daily are things...

Saas Security

asked Nov 6 '13 at 21:44

Bhttoan
735 points

How many page views should a website generate to achieve an ad revenue of $1M/year? The site is a general/global news site targeting all types of audience. I am aware that a precise answer can not...

Adwords Advertising Business Plan Revenue

asked Nov 27 '13 at 22:05

Paul
140 points

Is it feasible if a recruitment website provides free service for both recruiters and job-seekers?

Recruiting Website Business

asked Jan 16 '10 at 11:53

Steven
1 point

In retrospect of this question, I would like some advice on tech startups using a coop model (as a workers' coop). Advice on charter and finances mostly.

Business Model

asked Oct 3 '11 at 04:04

M Pelletier
105 points

I am preparing to sell software products to a global market. Customers will be companies of a technical or engineering nature. Cost of a license will be in the USD $500-$2000 range. Which currency...

Pricing International

asked Jun 23 '12 at 06:01

Paperjam
394 points

I'm thinking about my own software house and I'm very serious about it. Right now, I'm in my first year of studies (got Bsc, pursuing master) and I have a feeling that I would have to drop out of...

Career College

asked Oct 3 '11 at 04:41

Lukas
110 points

I have a sort of "specific" dilemma. I am a founder of start-up (business networking platform) which target market is East Asia and Japan being one of the most important markets. Our beta is ready...

Co-Founder Technical Web Dev

asked Dec 8 '11 at 17:31

Peter K.
194 points

I want to register as a non-profit org., but I'm not sure how it'd work because I'm leaving in a couple months to work in Asia for a year or more. My website is for international photography if...

Foreign Non Profit Website Donations Register

asked Dec 21 '11 at 17:25

Jacob
1 point

I've got a consulting business built around my personal skills and offerings. I've picked up a few sales people to help increase work volume (currently part-time outside of a day-job). The company...

Sales Business Model Consulting Revenue Growth

asked Jan 26 '12 at 07:23

Patrickgamer
234 points

I am thinking of contracting, but do not know how to compare contract (inside and outside IR35) with permanent rates, within the United Kingdom (specifically England). So far I have...

Contract UK Tax Money

asked Aug 9 '12 at 01:43

Richard
101 points

(Disclaimer: x-posted from my blog) I think a Silicon Valley founder team could scale up to 4-6 founders if it followed these guidelines: Adopt an authoritarian style, so you can make decisions...

Co-Founder

asked Nov 18 '09 at 16:30

The Rational Entrepreneur
43 points