Questions

I and a friend of mine are working on our own web startup. Right now we are coding the whole thing and would be looking for investors 3-4 months down the line. My question is, can we include our...

Funding Founders Personal Expenses

asked Mar 10 '12 at 09:32

Sandip Dev
33 points

I am creating a new startup, the startup is going to consist of 4 members and I need some advice on how to split the participation etc. Here is a brief description of each member and there...

Co-Founder Stock Options

asked Dec 15 '10 at 01:05

Daniel
121 points

We started an "I.T. Solutions" company which offers services in many different areas (software development, web design, e-commerce, consulting, etc.). The profits from these services are used to...

Enterprise Corporate Structure

asked Dec 9 '09 at 01:51

Big Tuna
349 points

We're trying to decide whether or not to talk to an investor who has invested in a lot of companies, and one of them has some overlap with our product but has a different business model (b2b vs...

Investors Fundraising

asked Jan 5 '13 at 08:13

User22400
21 points

I'm looking for a tool that'll help me create sketches/mockups of web pages. I'm not talking about the "photo-realistic" sets of PSD's that break everything down into components. I'm not looking at...

Web Design

asked Jan 6 '10 at 06:58

Ron M.
4,224 points

Bright Journey is currently using wysihtml5 as the editor for questions and answers. Would normal users be scared away from a markdown editor similar to the one StackExchange uses? Or perhaps...

Bright Journey

asked Feb 4 '14 at 14:45

Nishank Khanna
4,265 points

Currently I have very little book-keeping processes - it all gets put into a spreadsheet at the end of the year, and I take it to my accountant who files my taxes and generates a couple of...

Finance

asked Oct 15 '09 at 02:39

Giablo
45 points

I have been working on this project seen here. It is a Photography CMS (like WordPress). I cannot visualize a business model to provide funds to support the project. I want to release it as a free,...

Software Open Source Free

asked Jan 18 '11 at 09:00

Jason
121 points

On Kickstarter, backers are able to give $1 to $10,000 USD per project. Why is $10,000 the maximum amount a single backer is able to give per project?

Kickstarter

asked May 24 '12 at 00:57

Blunders .
899 points

Amazon just decided to limit the companies requesting jobs on their MTurk platform to those in the United States.How can startups that are based abroad request jobs ("hits" in Amazon lingo)? Are...

International Hire Amazon Tasks

asked Aug 25 '14 at 15:44

Marilyn Chitwood
22 points

I hear stories about how working in the customer support division of any software company is terrible work. Boring, often in bad conditions (i.e. environment and supervisors), and often little...

Customer Support

asked Oct 26 '11 at 12:17

Mirov
384 points

I see lots of investor hunters or finders on the web, but who can you trust? For instance many want a fee upfront to introduce you to 10 or 20 qualified leads. This is mostly done via phone and...

Venture Capital Angel Investors

asked Feb 6 '12 at 06:28

Msw
21 points

Background information: I'm looking to start an entrepreneurship. My goal is to generate a net revenue of $4000/month (for example), probably through a SaaS software offering (think GMail). My...

Market Analysis Market Research

asked Nov 24 '12 at 01:44

Ashes999
128 points

Looks like a lot of things have changed, since I've had to look for this last time. Right some of us have corporate credit cards at our company, but all of them have my CEO as a personal guarantor....

Credit Cards

asked Jan 31 '11 at 05:16

Apollo Sinkevicius
3,323 points

My question is, what is the best way to evaluate a software startup as a perspective employee from the point of view of viability i.e. economic viability. I am more interested in hints related to...

Getting Started Funding Employees Profitability

asked Jan 6 '12 at 07:13

Jim
21 points

We have a great idea for a product in a niche market ripe for a paradigm shift on the way business is done. All we have is a kick-ass business plan with detailed projections, costs, marketing, etc...

Equity Seed Funding

asked May 11 '13 at 05:10

Tim
21 points

I'm working on a music review website and I was wondering what the legality was of displaying album art and artist images on the site. Do I need permission from the labels/artists?

Legal Copyright

asked Nov 28 '09 at 22:20

Kjf
123 points

I'm an experienced web developer, but somewhat new to the startup world. I've consulted for some tech startups in the past, and of course started the Drupal shop where I currently work. I recently...

Events

asked Nov 4 '10 at 10:21

Hedge Mage
1,438 points

When discussing my annual salary increase, my employer wanted me to list all my personal expenditures. They feel I should have plenty of money and I must be spending "frivolously" if I don't....

Human Resources

asked Jun 13 '11 at 23:22

Meganbliss
21 points

I am relatively new to programming. I have been programming with Java and Android for about 2 years now and just recently released my first app to the Google Play app store. I have passed the word...

Market Apps Google Apps Promotion

asked Sep 22 '12 at 03:11

Jason Crosby
123 points