Definitions Questions

I am new to being an entrepreneur and still pretty young. I was asked what my 'route to market' is. What is the definition of this? Is it how I bring my product to a point of a sale?

Definitions Market

asked Sep 9 '11 at 19:34

Dex Curl
16 points

Are business owners (ecommerce) considered entrepreneurs too? Many times I hear only technology startup founders categorized as such, but I seldom hear of business owners called entrepreneurs....

Definitions Entrepreneur

asked Mar 17 '13 at 23:47

Bernie
23 points

On a website that hosts startups I saw these terms next to "funding": Bootstrapped Seed Round Series A Series B Series C Can anyone please explain what exactly are all these terms? I found a...

Getting Started Funding Definitions Bootstrap

asked Sep 27 '13 at 19:42

Cristic84
3 points

On TechCrunch, I often see articles saying Company FooBar raised $10M in a Series A round, lead by Ventures Inc. In this context, who are "Ventures Inc"? What does it mean that they lead the...

Funding Definitions Investment

asked Mar 21 '13 at 10:56

Marty Pitt
171 points

I am willing to hire a person who will take our technical documents (internal) and produce the content for our website, that is, describe the product in a clear way. What title shall I use, if I...

Marketing Definitions

asked Feb 21 '13 at 15:03

Tzury Bar Yochay
113 points

What is a roll-out plan? I tried searching on Google, but without much success. I found http://www.project-open.org/en/tutorial_rollout_plan, but I still don't understand what a roll-out plan is...

Definitions Business Plan

asked Dec 31 '12 at 22:42

Sorin Trimbitas
128 points

I am entering discussions where the subject of me receiving equity in a company might be brought up. I would like to know if there is a common business term (manner-of-speaking term) for an...

Definitions Legal Agreements

asked Dec 16 '12 at 23:15

Roger
106 points

What is the definition of 'surplus of revenue'? My textbook's explanation of revenue doesn't cover this. For some context, here is a question from my textbook: In the financial year 2008-2009,...

Definitions Revenue

asked Nov 15 '12 at 23:04

Jakee
3 points

My question is in the context of a Term-sheet. I want to know what does anti-dilution preferences mean?

Definitions Legal Investment Term Sheet

asked Oct 18 '12 at 05:36

Lisa Howard
116 points

I want to start a C corp, and I keep coming across the following terms: stakeholder, stockholder, and shareholder. What's the difference between them? I'd appreciate a clear explanation in layman's...

Definitions Corporation

asked Jun 18 '12 at 06:47

Mark13426
131 points

I really need advice in how to protect myself with a new venture I took on. In January 2011, I became an adviser and sat on the board to a beverage company as I taught the CEO about channel...

Partner Definitions Legal

asked Mar 23 '12 at 00:06

Av Gvpsf
11 points

I have heard some people use the term, for example in this video but I cannot find a precise definition of the concept online. What is soft ROI?

ROI Definitions

asked Feb 24 '12 at 06:22

Randomblue
154 points

I have seen some entrepreneurs use the term non-profit startup. What exactly is a non-profit startup?

Definitions Non Profit

asked Feb 15 '12 at 04:57

Tehnyit
144 points

It seems that it's a virtual term. It is not a bank account. It is the net result of gains-losses. And it seems that there are two types of such accounts – the llc's, and members'. The account...

LLC Definitions Legal

asked Feb 3 '12 at 08:04

Startup1
90 points

What exactly is a legal entity? I am trying to form a sole-proprietorship company in the state of California. Is this considered a legal entity? How can I set up the name for this company, other...

Definitions Legal Entity Name

asked Jan 29 '12 at 15:19

Crystal
51 points

What is the name of a business model where you offer a product for free to entice people to use your service? I'm not referring to freemium. I am more talking about how Google works. They offer...

Marketing Definitions Business Model

asked Feb 2 '12 at 17:53

Daveo
113 points

I'm also wondering what each of those does. Seems like with the Ecommerce solution I'm considering that everytime I think I've got it all figured out, it turns out that we need yet another service...

Ecommerce Definitions Merchant Account Payment Gateway

asked Nov 2 '11 at 07:28

Clay Nichols
737 points

What does it mean when a consultant ask for founders stock in a pre-funded startup for payment? Is it a special class of stock? Is it non-dilutible?

Equity Definitions Stock Options

asked Aug 8 '11 at 04:09

Jirad
105 points

I am a recent graduate and soon I am starting my own company in the IT/Tech. Because always all of my studies were mostly technical(computer programming,coding,...) and do not have that much work...

Books Finance Definitions Bookkeeping

asked Jul 22 '11 at 07:04

Hossein
111 points

I've had a conversation with some friends recently on the differences between a startup and a small business. One of my friends said that a startup in a brand new company, which aims to scale fast...

Definitions Small Business

asked Jun 7 '11 at 18:02

Slavo
316 points