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Do any of the following six scenarios give rise to Conflict of Interest, for me and my company and/or for the other person and his company: I appoint a well-connected professional on my company's...

Legal Conflict Of Interest

asked Mar 13 '11 at 12:41

Aaron Smothers
56 points

Business plans cause a lot of anxiety for the new entrepreneur. I think it stems from the fact that they are a lot of work and putting one together, especially if you have never done one, is...

Business Model Business Plan Business Canon

asked Aug 31 '11 at 01:26

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

What resources do you use to create an refine a sales funnel? What techniques do you use to generate leads? What do you do once you get leads to qualify them? Are they standard conversion rates and...

Marketing Sales

asked Oct 14 '09 at 09:13

Marcus Mc Connell
21 points

We're going to put some screencasts and we are based on London. However our market is not only local and I'm a bit worried about our potential customers from America and from other parts of the...

Marketing Screencast Video

asked Nov 9 '09 at 09:51

The Dictator
2,305 points

There are a few companies out there that seem to offer insurance packages for small(er) players in a market that want to be able to defend patents that are likely to be infringed. On the face of...

Insurance Patent

asked Dec 16 '09 at 01:07

Michael
250 points

My bootstrapped startup (Textaurant ) needs some help with market research. Since we're so close to two of my alma maters (undergrad is ~1 mile, grad is ~5 miles), I figured I would reach out to...

Hiring Interns Employees

asked Jan 13 '10 at 03:10

Josh Sam Bob
1,578 points

I am looking for sites which enable users to give feedback or critiques on any sites for free. Or for site owners to solicit feedback on their sites for site design and usability? Should not be fee...

Recommendations Website Web Design

asked Nov 29 '10 at 07:27

Tony Henrich
283 points

I have some ideas that I plans to execute later. But for the moment, I want to "secure" the name, logo etc. of the business. I for one cannot seem to figure out the difference between the company...

India Trademark Registration Name

asked Sep 28 '11 at 05:32

Sriram
174 points

In the not so distant future, I will be launching a site that is mostly for businesses and is largely Software as a Service. I am wondering what you think about the pros and cons of having a pretty...

Marketing Sales Saas Web App

asked Apr 22 '11 at 11:02

User9886
21 points

We are a B2B web company, which offers a tool for online sellers ( amazon, ebay ). Since we got more and more free trial user, our ratio from trial to paying ( which was before near 80% ) got...

Marketing Sales Strategy Saas

asked Dec 6 '12 at 07:43

Michael Hirn
21 points

The key to the economic recovery is the creation of more jobs. Small business is viewed as the job creation engine and all small businesses were start ups at one point. Governments say they are...

Jobs Government Agencies

asked Mar 8 '10 at 04:46

Warren E. Hart
2,181 points

Where can I purchase a professional looking, Web 2.0 styled template for a subscription service website. I'd need the PSD, the HTML, images and the styles.

Website Design Templates

asked Dec 6 '10 at 03:32

Nick H
120 points

For a B2C subscription service, is it recommended to have a free plan? Based on my research, users who sign up free plan suck up a lot of support resources and a number of well known services have...

Pricing Payments Freemium Free Memberships

asked Jan 8 '11 at 11:56

User3462
345 points

I'm a solo founder without any employees (revenues don't yet justify hiring someone).How would you manage providing timely support to customers? What are some tools and strategies to use?I run a...

Solo Entrepreneur Customer Support Support

asked Apr 15 '14 at 21:41

Sandra Baldwin
22 points

If I pay someone via paypal, do I still have to fill in the 1099 and/or w forms?

Ecommerce Finance Legal Tax

asked Mar 17 '11 at 19:00

Oshirowanen
201 points

So I have a small S-Corp incorporated in New York State. The company really hasn't made any money, and is currently only used to hold a piece of IP. Both the President and I (the Vice President)...

Incorporation Exit Strategy Shares

asked Sep 23 '11 at 01:56

Camel Blues
185 points

Approached by 2 founders that are very early days of executing an idea. They have some good .com properties that will be central to brand/idea and had recent offers around $100K, with one outlier...

Funding Co-Founder Equity Investors Seed Funding

asked Feb 8 '12 at 12:24

Jjj
21 points

My company makes and sells computers for Autodesk software, so Structural Engineers, 3D designers etc. Where would be best to advertise? We have an adwords campaign running, but we are only...

Marketing Sales Advertising

asked Jun 26 '12 at 21:15

Adam
133 points

I'm beginning a startup at my school. Right now its just me doing all the work, but i am gathering a team that will ideally be my co-founders. I wont be incorporating any time soon, but i will be...

Co-Founder Equity Founders Intellectual Property

asked Jan 27 '10 at 10:29

Eric Amzalag
818 points

Looks like the DE Franchise Tax Board & SecState changed the minimum authorized shares tax - a lot of companies that incorporated this past year may have been unaware of this change or not sure...

Incorporation Tax Delaware

asked Apr 14 '11 at 08:44

Henry The Hengineer
4,316 points