Questions

I am thinking of launching online advertising campaigns for my product. I have a few choices: Google Adwords targeted banner advertisement at niche forums Affiliate program I understand that...

Advertising

asked Dec 28 '09 at 14:39

Graviton
871 points

We sell B2B software, and receive most of our payments by bank transfer or cheque. We're currently using Google Checkout to take online card payments. We have some issues with Google Checkout...

Software Payments B2B

asked May 25 '12 at 19:57

Cocowalla
327 points

I am a developer that has been asked to take part in an early stage startup (no investors yet other than the principals themselves). There is some code in place for the product and I would be...

Development Equity

asked Aug 18 '10 at 12:52

Garbage In Garbage Out
123 points

I have started a website that I believe will be very useful, however it requires the public to report their own experiences. The problem is that when people visit the site they see that it doesn't...

Marketing Advertising Website Internet

asked Nov 5 '10 at 08:22

Scott Griffis
23 points

I'm a German citizen, but have been living in various EU and non-EU countries. I usually do remote freelance work. Since I don't live in Germany, I don't see the point why I should pay the high...

Tax Travel Offshore

asked Jul 4 '11 at 19:21

Znq
164 points

So here is a situation, we are facing. We are three co founders - Saun, Sam and Joel. Saun has been discussing about starting up with Sam and Joel who both happen to be his college mates. All the...

Founder Equity

asked Jun 1 '13 at 17:25

Saun
21 points

Which one is it? I have to choose Seth Godin's blog.

Resources Blog

asked Oct 12 '09 at 02:33

Tiago
333 points

For my online business, I need to send emails to my customers. Sometimes they get rejected by their spam filter. I try to encourage my customers to add my email address to their address book. Do...

Spam

asked Jan 1 '11 at 22:11

Anthony
203 points

A friend and I have a great startup idea which we plan to put into action at the beginning of the summer. We've also worked some revenues into our business model by allowing users to pay for some...

Getting Started Incorporation Legal Revenue

asked Apr 4 '12 at 10:22

Max Mackie
166 points

I'm a 22 year old mobile marketer and QR designer. I can create artistic branded qr codes for musicians, mobile app companies, and other mobile based companies. How do I go about getting in touch...

Marketing Mobile

asked Jul 19 '12 at 02:37

Qrezy
21 points

Like many start-up Founders, I have not quit my day job. I will be thrilled when I can, but for now having to work double shifts is the only feasible way to make ends meet. This is even more true...

Investors

asked Sep 27 '11 at 00:55

Richard H.
175 points

I would like to survey a community of prospects about a new service we are thinking of developing. A question I would really like answered is "How much would you be willing to pay?" The problem is...

Market Analysis Market Research Survey

asked Feb 8 '11 at 07:50

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

I am currently employed full-time but the rest of my time is spent on my startup LLC. I was wondering when the US taxes deadline is for LLCs and, more importantly, what the filing process is when...

LLC Tax

asked Mar 6 '11 at 09:56

Li Zhou
323 points

Maybe a better way to ask this would be, how does a "startup" differ from any other small business which might grow?

Business Model

asked Jun 13 '12 at 05:25

Warren
329 points

My partner and I have day jobs so we don't need to (or want to) draw salary from our startup. Our startup is already profitable but in our ideal world, the bank account associated with this startup...

LLC Tax Corporate Structure

asked Dec 10 '10 at 16:15

Avery Chan
123 points

We're running an online store of electronic devices, and we need to start creating invoices for our clients. What is the best invoicing tool you have discovered?

Software Ecommerce Application Selling Accounting

asked Dec 16 '10 at 12:09

Sd Reyes
156 points

As we are evolving our product for customers, lots of distractions come in including new ideas from existing customers, support issues etc. What tools do you use 1) to Keep track or log of...

Tools

asked Dec 9 '11 at 01:11

Sonu Bansal
68 points

Pricing is the eternal challenge. How can you get honest, accurate answers about how much customers might pay, i.e., what is the value of the product/service to them in dollars? What I've...

Pricing

asked Jun 22 '13 at 12:43

Clay Nichols
737 points

Ok gang, your input will be greatly appreciated here. I have convinced 4 of my friends and relatives to join me in founding an investment club ( a la private equity or VC) the idea is very simple:...

Management Equity Investment Investors

asked Feb 13 '11 at 21:14

User7566
21 points

I have an app idea that I believe has a real potential. Since I am going to bootstrap it, I want to only invest in development + marketing after idea validation. Following is my plan for...

Ideas Validation Landing Page

asked Aug 17 '13 at 16:53

Ali
179 points