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On a website that hosts startups I saw these terms next to "funding": Bootstrapped Seed Round Series A Series B Series C Can anyone please explain what exactly are all these terms? I found a...

Getting Started Funding Definitions Bootstrap

asked Sep 27 '13 at 19:42

Cristic84
3 points

Possible Duplicate: How to start a business and not destroy your marriage? Not everyone starts their business when they're in/fresh out of college. How do you deal with your spouses and help...

Partnerships Family

asked Feb 13 '11 at 17:36

Sean
1,149 points

My company has an online software as a service product that is subscription based (yearly) and when first launched, 3-years ago, has been more than doubling in revenue each year (in 2009, $2K, and...

Saas Selling

asked May 1 '11 at 09:55

Phil
1 point

I'm trying to calculate average customer lifetime value of a membership site. The data available to me is unfortunately either incomplete or very simplistic (or else I don't know how to extract...

Subscriptions Memberships Customer Value

asked Jun 28 '11 at 06:27

Eoinoc
110 points

I was hoping to use opensource stack exchange software to create a site where people can swap their skills. ie: if I can fix your computer and you can fix my car, we will be matched. However, the...

Application Website Social Network

asked Jul 22 '11 at 20:55

Steve
103 points

We have a web site that has been in business for 12 years. When a regular client found a web site that is using our name with a direct behind it.OURs: opticalcloseouts.com thiers...

Website

asked Aug 23 '11 at 01:34

Jennifer Duffy
1 point

Possible Duplicate: Non .Com Domains - Does it Really Affect Branding? I have been meaning to get on with my idea and first thing - the domain for its website. Naturally it was already taken,...

Web Naming Domain Mobile Apps

asked Feb 18 '12 at 03:09

Kellogs
135 points

I have been approached by a previous co-worker to become a CTO for a startup that they are creating. Its in the very early stage (company hasn't even been formally formed yet but there is a willing...

CTO

asked Nov 8 '13 at 21:36

Mel
101 points

What techniques to improve your public speaking skills are the fastest to implement? I will be pitching our business to a few VCs next week (first time doing so) and public speaking is my weakest...

Pitch Personal Skill Public Speaking

asked Apr 6 '14 at 12:59

Stuart Dotson
2 points

I have a Japanese learning community website... Currently there are three main plans... Free: Access some of the content (some 20 lessons, a few cheat sheets, etc.), for free, forever. This is...

Pricing Website Trial Plan

asked Jan 20 '11 at 02:25

Philip Seifi
132 points

My company plans to start offering a retirement plan with a high degree of matching. The more I look into it, the more I realize there are a ton of options. Traditional 401k, Roth 401k, SEP IRA,...

Benefits 401k

asked Feb 24 '11 at 13:13

Jeffrey Blake
115 points

I have a company in Georgia that is a corporation. I want to form another corporation in Michigan, but I want it to be under the corporate company in Georgia. The names will be slightly different....

Business Model

asked Jul 31 '12 at 06:19

Kevin G.
1 point

When I bring in new clients, should I only ask them for their business address, or should I also ask them for their residential address? And which of the two am I required to ask for by law in...

Contact Billing Australia

asked Nov 16 '12 at 05:41

Arrow
103 points

Regarding this excerpt from Paul Graham's essay The Equity Equation:Let's run through an example. Suppose the company wants to make a "profit" of 50% on the new hire mentioned above. So subtract a...

Equity Accounting

asked Jun 7 '14 at 05:43

User33952
1 point

My business is to do with Live-Chat support for business websites. I now have my website up and got good traffic, and excellent reviews from my closed beta program. I am now trying to break into...

Software Website Support Service Chat

asked Jul 9 '11 at 18:55

Julia
178 points

I'm developing a service that would collect subscriber's money for the webmaster, and we'd pay the website owner at the end of the month. So for example, 10 subscribers pay "us" (the service)...

Tax USA

asked Nov 1 '12 at 16:55

Nimbuz
174 points

I'm building a business and financial plan for a new startup. A financial advisor mentioned to me that a balance sheet for a startup is not mandatory as (in his words): "it is more important from...

Business Plan

asked Mar 4 '13 at 21:38

Josh
11 points

A company has $180,000 invested into it. In order to buy out a partner I need $88,000. My current manager wants to invest in the company and I am encouraging it in order to keep a long-term...

Equity Salary

asked Mar 19 '13 at 03:06

Kimberley
11 points

We're a software startup and are raising a convertible note seed round. The investors insist on having both a discount and a cap. I have a pretty good understanding of how the discount works but...

Convertible Note Fundraising

asked Jun 22 '13 at 08:05

Steve
6 points

I've developed software targeted at attorneys and accountants. In conducting interviews (prior to building) I was able to identify a consistent pain point, which my software resolves, but it isn't...

Marketing Business Small

asked Aug 2 '13 at 20:34

User464180
159 points