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I've been approached by people wanting to buy the assets (not stock) of my company (single member llc) which consist primarily of my mobile app its source code the server code that supports the...

Sales LLC Tax

asked Feb 12 '12 at 10:39

Kirk
26 points

We got a quote request from a reseller for one of their customers for about a 100 licenses of our software with 4 years of support. What is the a good way of structuring this quote without...

Pricing Sales Enterprise

asked Jan 3 '10 at 19:26

Poopsky
195 points

I am hoping this question will start a conversation on trust in e-commerce, in particular for e-tailers selling high value items where this is very important. By "trust" I am referring to: trust...

Ecommerce Trust Shopping Jewelry

asked Apr 13 '11 at 19:14

Nikolay Piryankov
683 points

I'm going through the process on the Companies House website to create a UK company (at http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/promo/webincs/ ) and I've got to the page asking for "Details of new...

Getting Started UK

asked Nov 27 '12 at 07:06

Jez
126 points

We are currently creating a spin-off from the university, that offers services to biotech/pharma companies. We have tried to reach our first customers by cold emails, but we were not very...

Marketing Strategy Customers Phone

asked Dec 27 '12 at 18:55

Flow
114 points

While, I feel building an MVP is a good idea because we can get feedback from the customers on what to improve, I have a doubt. One fear that is stopping me from building an MVP is that if it...

Getting Started MVP

asked Nov 29 '13 at 20:57

Java Technical
152 points

I am a web developer and designer, and am working on a business plan and essentials for a new product. After spending some time working on a logo for my product, I came to the conclusion that my...

Outsourcing Entrepreneurs

asked Dec 15 '09 at 07:18

Strozykowski
218 points

If you don't use a username/email and password authentication system and limit yourself to tweeter, facebook, other oauth and openid providers, how many users will you lose? How many will never...

Facebook Twitter

asked Mar 1 '11 at 18:49

J. Pablo Fernández
412 points

My mother is reaching 55, and she raises ideas for start-ups every now and then. I am a software developer and I'm used to rapid prototyping, so I keep urging her to just go ahead a do it! I...

Motivation Business Family

asked Jul 30 '11 at 22:57

Nur Ne
186 points

I am developing a product that potentially requires a lot of support. I am developing documentation and tutorials to remove the need for support as much as possible, but I can still see the need...

Pricing Products

asked Oct 12 '09 at 04:58

John Soer
596 points

I am considering outsourcing some basic webdev maintenance work. Little tasks like: "Please add clock or other wait indicator when the AJAX is still processing." that should take less than an hour...

Development Outsourcing Web Dev

asked Feb 24 '10 at 08:54

Joseph Turian
895 points

I have someone's name, address and number. However, I have never met or spoke with him, and he has no idea who I am. I know he has a need for a specific kind of software, which I can provide. How...

Getting Started Communication

asked Nov 18 '11 at 23:48

Amar
26 points

So I am working on a start up company in the fitness sector. Besides a couple of other things we are making training videos for fitness instructors, to show them how to do the moves and such. Our...

Legal Trademark

asked Jun 3 '13 at 07:29

Olli
89 points

A company that I'm working for is registered as a UK limited company. How would I go about setting up a US branch/subsidiary of this company? Should I register as an LLC, S Corp, C Corp, or...

Incorporation Foreign

asked May 10 '10 at 06:36

Mark Bao
604 points

There have been a few OnStartups threads about how an employer could look at your start-up experience. Since this board favors people who are either currently involved in a start-up or are...

Entrepreneurs Employers Human Resources Corporate

asked Nov 19 '11 at 06:19

Nicko
840 points

I've heard alot from this forum about traction. I tried to look at the meaning in the dictionary, but I somehow can not relate it with a startup. So what does it mean by traction and how does that...

Funding Business

asked Oct 30 '09 at 15:37

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I am currently building my business on a shared hosting account with a reliable host(hostgator). When my site goes live, what should I look for that would be an indication that I should switch to a...

Business Hosting

asked Nov 6 '10 at 01:14

Sk24iam
344 points

I need to manage going door-to-door to 700 properties. I need to be able to account for each property whether they require my service. Then I will need to provide that service every 2 weeks. I've...

Management Business Services Service

asked Aug 19 '10 at 22:26

Jeffrey Hicks
313 points

I've been operating under the assumption that I want to set the commission rate for my commission only sales reps based on: (# of sales) * (average deal value) * (r) = compensation or r = c/(N*V)....

Sales Compensation

asked Dec 9 '11 at 18:21

Umassthrower
458 points

In my earlier venture attempts, the scenario was something like 3 guys, each of whom would get 33.3%. I found out soon that this was silly because as soon as one of us lost interest, he could do...

Co-Founder Employees Investment Compensation

asked Jan 8 '11 at 03:38

John Berryman
388 points