Questions

What strategies do you use to offer a range of prices, while encouraging big customers to pay more? I offer a range of prices with different restrictions. I didn't want to exclude individuals, but...

Pricing

asked Jan 18 '10 at 02:18

Steve Hanov
596 points

I am looking for "rules of thumb", or estimates for the numbers of staff required for a startup through growth. For example how many developers per manager, how many support staff per customer,...

Business Model Employees

asked May 27 '10 at 00:33

Ian Wilson
88 points

I am bidding on the construction of a website for a startup. We agreed to make it a fixed price contact, and I have what I consider a reasonable bid ready. What I wanted to know is how payment on...

Contract

asked Feb 20 '12 at 10:35

Bill Leeper
123 points

Please help. I'll make this as simple and concise as possible: I will be manufacturing my own parts, AT HOME, in South Carolina. I intend to sell the products exclusively online with an online...

Getting Started Ecommerce LLC Legal Business

asked Mar 23 '13 at 00:41

George
21 points

I would love some clarification on VCs. I'm trying to "follow the money", if you will. A few questions answered on this subject would help me greatly. How does someone "become" a VC? It's not...

Venture Capital

asked Oct 11 '09 at 05:03

Nate Ritter
33 points

I am currently in a startup with a partner, and we have 50/50 ownership. Things are going fine, but like all startups it is taking some time to get everything going. We don't have any revenue now,...

Partnerships

asked Mar 2 '10 at 14:22

Alex K
21 points

What determines who has authority to sign a contract on behalf of the company? What if a low level employee signs a contract in the name of the company, is it still binding? What happens when...

Contract Legal Legal Documents

asked Sep 1 '12 at 13:17

Aaron
21 points

We are in a bit of a rough situation here. We have a team of 8 that seems to be committed to what we are doing. Most of them have full time jobs. Our start-up is more like a part-time or side thing...

Co-Founder Motivation Management Side Projects

asked Aug 6 '13 at 16:47

Noah
138 points

I am negotiating a deal and I really need some advice on the pros and cons of the deal that has been suggested to me. I have a startup company with radically innovative technology. I want to...

Co-Founder Contract Partner Partnerships

asked Mar 30 '10 at 23:25

David
1,567 points

Any good read or advice on budgeting marketing for web startups.

Marketing Web

asked Sep 30 '10 at 08:15

Jewelthief
151 points

E.g. there is AutoCAD and Corel Draw installed on my Notebook. I bought those Apps some time ago. Can I let others use it and charge for it (per minute?)?

Business Model

asked Nov 1 '10 at 20:55

Philobus
116 points

I expect a large scale software project to come in which must be delivered successfully for us to get more business. I don't have enough in house resources to accomodate this project but I do have...

Sales

asked May 18 '11 at 23:42

Stacey
484 points

The founding/management team is one of the critical areas investors look at in a startup. Usually the team is more important than the idea/product. Investors like to see a proven track record of...

Pitch Investors

asked Jan 12 '13 at 06:56

Zuly Gonzalez
9,194 points

I am bootstrapping a startup and need legal help with: Creating terms of service and privacy policy Registering the business Consult for advice whenever needed Do you suggest: Finding an online...

Legal

asked Apr 23 '10 at 08:51

User2306
232 points

I made some bugs on my site recently that were pretty bad. It is just part of a new release, but I am sure people are not happy about it. What kind of things can I do for the users of my site to...

Customers Customer Support

asked May 24 '11 at 05:19

Genadinik
1,821 points

Our startup has recently been accepted into StartupChile (SUP). If you don't know, they offer a 40K grant to launch over 6 months in Chile without claiming any equity in your project. Our team...

Incubators Grants

asked Nov 5 '11 at 16:46

Laramie
192 points

I have been working fulltime w/o pay developing my iPhone app, now it's closing to the release time and I think it's about the time start my own company. I wonder if anyone can provide some...

Getting Started Company Registration

asked Dec 4 '11 at 18:33

Tom
197 points

When my company first got setup and registered domains, we were unable to get the .com of our company name, as it was already registered. We have all of the other top level domains for our name...

Legal Trademark Domain

asked Dec 17 '11 at 03:31

Bwasson
1,162 points

I run a consulting biz on the side (just me), doing odd IT jobs ranging from web development / design / db management etc; I have typically made small contracts or statements of work for the jobs,...

Contract Legal Consulting

asked Nov 20 '09 at 07:58

Jakub
133 points

I currently have a website in beta. I am not earning anything (for now) with this site. It doesn't have terms of service or the privacy policy listed on it. It appears that some people's opinion...

Incorporation Legal Website Business

asked Apr 23 '10 at 09:22

User2306
232 points