Questions

What are the benefits/disadvantages/difficulties of umbrella branding, i.e., "overarching brand used across multiple related products" (wiki ) vs individual branding. We are looking for a...

Strategy Branding

asked Feb 11 '11 at 06:52

Dyn Zack
216 points

Is there a time in the life of a startup after which you can't bring someone on board with the "cofounder" designation? I've observed additional cofounders coming onboard past the founding event,...

Co-Founder Founder Founders

asked Nov 27 '09 at 18:07

Robert
43 points

We're looking to hire our first employee and we want to make sure the employement and stock vesting stuff is all in order - we're in the UK so is it safe to assume that anything we read regarding...

Contract Legal

asked Oct 22 '09 at 20:16

Pclark
744 points

A lawyer offered service for equity and potentially joining the company full time as legal counsel/business dev guy. Is this reasonable? What percentage of the company should I offer him? It's a...

Legal Employees

asked Jul 1 '11 at 09:50

Jirad
105 points

In the next few days I want to start a gaming network. Now I have written everything by myself and I am wondering about legal issues. For example: Payment, User-agreement, TOS? I currently live...

Legal Website Lawyer

asked Aug 24 '12 at 22:18

Maik Klein
126 points

I have a product that I would like to distribute through National Retailers. I have already found it a success in local markets (craft shows, fairs) however, I am thinking about increasing the...

Distribution

asked Nov 8 '11 at 15:21

Kaman
26 points

I'm working with little funds so hiring a lawyer isn't an option. I'm starting a website like gazelle.com, nextworth.com, etc. and I was wondering if I can just use their concepts and piece...

Legal Copyright Terms And Conditions

asked Oct 30 '13 at 15:10

Colton
26 points

I'm relatively new to blogging - only been doing it for a few months. The common advice is to make your posts keyword rich for high search engine ranking. But I don't normally worry too much about...

Blog SEO Keywords

asked Aug 26 '10 at 08:10

Zuly Gonzalez
9,194 points

My goal is to build a profitable company that generates revenue for years without selling out to a larger company.Since most investors are looking for an exit in 4-5 years after investment, should...

Venture Capital Investment Investors

asked Mar 26 '14 at 14:26

Ronald Block
60 points

Any specific advice for a start-up in the UK? We're not going to be in London or any other big city, but do you see that as being a problem? (Our products are apps for mobile devices, primarily...

UK

asked Nov 27 '09 at 19:30

Alistair Collins
181 points

There are books for every topic which most in the field consider definitive or must-haves. For instance, for usability and application design, Designing the Obvious, Don't Meke Me Think, and The...

Marketing Books Learning Branding

asked Dec 1 '10 at 16:34

Calvin Huang
126 points

I have an outdoor site that makes money by displaying ads (mostly travel and outdoor gear related) and selling outdoor gear. I am trying to find some industry statistics on the outdoor gear size,...

Market Research

asked Jul 14 '11 at 10:01

Genadinik
1,821 points

I'd like to brainstorm with some others on what you think are options for "incentivising" users to use a site in a community. eg. things like user retention, and increasing the odds that people are...

Incentives Community

asked Dec 25 '09 at 08:56

Matt
460 points

We are applying for angel investment for our startup and we're working on putting together our one page executive summary. What is the typical flow/format of an executive summary?

Funding Angel Business Plan Seed Funding

asked Oct 6 '11 at 07:05

Gagan
150 points

I currently own a resume writing business, but am also starting up a separate B2B copywriting business as well as another online marketing site. All of these ventures have very different customers,...

Marketing Social Media Branding

asked Apr 5 '11 at 07:59

Mary Aho
46 points

One of my friend is on H1-B Visa in US working for some company, he wants to start his own startup and he is working madly on some of his idea but as he is not US Citizen he feels very said about...

Visa

asked Oct 26 '09 at 08:34

Rachel
173 points

For domain names, how important is .com these days? Do you believe that a memorable name is more important? Sure, people tend to look down at some top level domains ( .biz comes to mind), but what...

Domain

asked Feb 22 '10 at 15:17

Jim Galley
9,952 points

I'm wondering what, if anything, my company should do about a cease and desist from a huge company. In a nutshell, we received a letter from a senior attorney to "cease any and all use of the trade...

Legal Trademark Name

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:03

Jamie
128 points

My boyfriend and i started an export company 2 years ago. I own 50% of the company. He holds a position as a President/CEO. We do not have a lot of assets but we have quite a few of liabilities...

Co-Founder

asked Dec 21 '12 at 01:26

Cynthia M Karp
26 points

I'm not sure how to word this but I'll do my best. I'm in the software business. I know this industry very well and am able to identify problems within this industry. However, there's a ton of...

Software Ideas

asked Dec 8 '09 at 12:20

Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points