Questions

Many of us have friends and people with whom we have worked in prior roles who have become advisors to our start up efforts - in both formal and informal fashions. What have you found has worked...

Board Advisors

asked Apr 12 '10 at 21:55

Warren E. Hart
2,181 points

This will be tough to explain but.... What do you do when you are developing a software that needs to deal with large amount of variations of semi structured data from the web ? I told myself it...

Development Lean

asked Dec 29 '10 at 14:31

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

I know LLCs can be pass-through tax entities, so you don't pay tax at the LLC level but only on the income of each member. Is the money only taxed when used to pay members? Can you keep money in...

LLC Tax

asked Dec 8 '09 at 12:39

George Jenson
108 points

I am curious, when it comes to incorporating or forming an LLC, a lot of legalese harps on how you need to file papers in the state you're doing business in. What if your startup a) does not take...

Incorporation Legal

asked Aug 27 '11 at 09:51

Rio Akasaka
26 points

i have been offered a position in a start-up...i was initially told that my 100,000 share options were 0.25% of "the allocated shares". In my own research i came across terms for "diluted stock"....

Startup Costs Stock Options

asked Jan 29 '13 at 09:42

James
26 points

Are there any applications out there that provide an API for accessing US property listing (MLS) information? Zillow has property information for most of the country but very little listing...

Software Web API

asked Oct 14 '09 at 00:06

Kmullings
26 points

I've been doing some freelance software development in Ruby on Rails for a while and I'm currently thinking of hiring people to grow my business (I'm based in Shanghai) but going from a one person...

Getting Started

asked Oct 12 '09 at 21:08

Gommm
265 points

Most people recommend you blog about your startup while building it, and I have a couple questions regarding that. Do you tell them exactly what your company will be doing? (ie. your...

Blog

asked Mar 28 '11 at 05:29

Aslyesnow
214 points

I have a great idea for a web app in personal finance niche. It's a B2C. I have brainstormed and did some research. I made some specs and wrote the idea explaining every functionality. There is...

Getting Started Ideas Business Web App

asked Jan 17 '11 at 22:28

Andy Mortin
141 points

Got a few questions about forming a single member LLC in Delaware or LTD in London. I’m looking into forming a company abroad for an easier way to do business and billing (+ its cheaper) and am...

LLC Legal Tax Business

asked May 26 '11 at 08:10

Teekay
394 points

I have a personal credit card that I use for both personal and business purchases. Ideally, I would have a separate credit card for each. Until that is sorted out, how does my business spending on...

Credit Cards Accounting Bookkeeping

asked Jan 29 '10 at 12:01

Joel
126 points

My present company is a systems company that has to sell both hardware and software to business end customers. We are close to launching our product and I was wondering if the same Inbound...

Strategy Inbound Marketing Product Launch

asked Feb 15 '10 at 05:01

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

I have a "one man band" software company. My revenues are about $250,000 per year with 90% margins. I know my levers of growth, and expect to be 1 Million per year in about 18 months time, with...

Scale

asked Nov 4 '10 at 02:51

Jacare 30
71 points

I've set up a landing page for a startup idea as per the instructions here. In other words I have already done the following: I've set up a basic landing page quickly explaining my idea I've...

Lean Landing Page

asked Nov 12 '12 at 00:56

Nick Budden
129 points

Twitter can be a great tool to help a start up get noticed and build relationships with prospects and clients. What are the two best things you've done for your start up that leverage Twitter...

Growth Twitter Clients Prospects

asked Mar 20 '11 at 03:48

Warren E. Hart
2,181 points

We have had a social network website built and after some beta testing with friends and family we are now looking to get more users to register on the site. The site is aimed at posting good news...

Launch Website

asked Aug 13 '13 at 18:21

Rocky O'leary
26 points

We are in the process of compiling a list of the most effective/innovative ways of streamlining office expenses. Can you offer some suggestions?

Bootstrapped Ideas Entrepreneurs

asked Oct 20 '09 at 02:13

Open Office Space
26 points

I tend not to treat new platforms as serious or viable business opportunities. My reasoning goes like this... Selling $1 apps in the crowded IPhone app store - unlikely to be any ROI...

Technology Market Platforms

asked Jan 20 '10 at 03:12

Benjamin Wootton
1,667 points

What impact did your Facebook fan page have on your sales or traffic? Did you try to measure conversion rate: "Facebook fans/visits" or "Facebook fans/sales"?

Marketing Facebook Conversion

asked Jun 20 '12 at 17:26

Activation Cloud
153 points

This is definitely a different flavor of a common question. Here are the basic stats: Online only startup -- no physical presence. Everyone works from home. We have 8 people in 4 countries (5 in...

Tax Canada International USA

asked Oct 4 '10 at 06:15

User4625
26 points