Questions

Background I've been working on a video game for android devices (i.e. an app) for some months now, and I'm getting close to completing a solid, well polished product I'm lucky enough to have an...

Funding Finance Apps Loan

asked Jan 25 '12 at 11:32

James Coote
130 points

I'm an amateur because I have no formal technical education. I built my current startup through technical trial and error. I'm looking to bring in someone who is a professional and can secure my...

Hiring

asked Jun 11 '12 at 02:01

Johnny Kim
33 points

If I'm moonlighting and building the product at night and on weekends - at what point does it make sense to establish a business entity (e.g. LLC, Inc, etc)? Would this make sense to only happen...

LLC Incorporation Payments Legal Legal Entity

asked Aug 13 '13 at 22:23

Code Talk
253 points

I'm wondering, what are the main skills, knowledge, etc. for a founder/ceo/leader of the startup (this may actually refer to an already "made" company)? Does age matter or is it the thoughtfulness...

Recommendations Leadership

asked Nov 10 '10 at 19:18

Denys S.
166 points

If your startup has a star developer : what was he/she doing before joining your company? How did you find and get into contact with him/her?

Recruiting Hiring Web Dev

asked Feb 28 '11 at 09:07

Zippy
871 points

I'm in the process of starting up a new company, while ramping up an existing one. Are there any generally accepted ways to manage / document the splitting up of office rent, equipment, etc? In the...

Accounting Expenses

asked Apr 6 '11 at 03:39

Ev Conrad
561 points

I have been appoached by a private equity firm that has an idea -- a good one -- and $5M. They've asked me to be CEO and make it happen. They requested I make the opening bid for compensation and...

Equity Negotiation Compensation CEO

asked Feb 8 '13 at 13:44

User23925
21 points

What actions or activities have you discovered help you do more but with less effort? Here’s mine. Previously I sent out hand written cards. Last year I sent a simple holiday email (in bulk) to my...

Tips

asked Jan 6 '10 at 03:56

Starr Ed
948 points

Here is a kind of confusing :) web site/SEO newbie question. I was looking for answer everywhere, but it is hard to find the one I was looking for. The question: Since my product is still not...

Website SEO

asked Jun 10 '10 at 00:14

Spiro
105 points

anybody knows how to start a business from absolute zero financing. I have an idea ( software related). I am a programmer too (but not very proficient to call myself brilliant). And I want to start...

Software Finance

asked Apr 25 '11 at 15:57

Pathum Mudannayake
178 points

I have an online store which sells baby products. Thankfully, some customers have already bought my products, although my startup is just 2 months old. One of my plans is to make my customers come...

Ecommerce Customers Promotion

asked Jul 8 '11 at 13:28

Kalingga
245 points

There are many money issues that neither add to my code base nor user base. For example: payroll taxes and excise taxes W2 W3 W4 I9 941 940 1120 + all the equivalent state forms all of those...

Getting Started Finance Tax Accounting

asked Jun 13 '11 at 14:32

Evan
133 points

I have a person from Belgium with exceptional skills and work ethics who i want and trust to work for me. This person can and is willing to help with my company by investing and doing the...

Recruiting Legal

asked Oct 6 '11 at 22:57

Darlene Nichols
21 points

This is a very subjective question. Anyway, what do you think are the factors that make a certain city or area a good geographical location for business. I'm sure there are way to many...

Getting Started Subjective Location

asked Oct 12 '09 at 23:27

Slavo
316 points

I have created a minimum viable product that I'd like to turn into a business. I have used pay per click advertising to get: 10ish free subscribers Then 2 paid subscribers It is a monthly...

Marketing Software Research

asked Nov 28 '09 at 12:20

Dog On
308 points

I am interested to open an online shop for selling handmade craft ( something like those displayed on etsy ), but I afraid that there is a tendency for buyers to return and refund goods at will...

Strategy Recommendations Business

asked Jan 11 '10 at 19:27

Graviton
871 points

With a friend we are doing a spare-time startup; that is, developing stuff on our spare time trying to make something that makes money. We have several products to launch soon but neither of us is...

Equity

asked Oct 12 '10 at 04:59

J. Pablo Fernández
412 points

As someone that's sold services and webapp subscriptions online for about 8 years now, I've seen a lot of payment fraud, mostly in the form of signing up with stolen credit card numbers. I've...

Ecommerce Payments Fraud Money

asked Feb 6 '12 at 01:25

Dan Grossman
303 points

Our SaaS startup is (hopefully) getting our first customer soon, at which point we decided to bring in additional resources to accelerate development. The basic options is whether to bring in a...

Hiring

asked Dec 19 '09 at 05:14

Jean Barmash
195 points

We're using Gmail to field customer support requests. I am looking for a way to track key metrics of how we serve customers: average response time, %% of inquiries left unanswered, customer...

Customer Support Metrics Email Google Apps

asked Apr 20 '11 at 17:03

Maxua
155 points