Employees Questions

I am an employee at a large company and I created a worksheet using my work computer. The worksheet helps me organize my info such as passwords and time-off records. I replicated it and then...

Software Employees Office Intellectual Property Computers

asked Feb 28 '12 at 11:36

Es Developer
11 points

I'm probably going to hire a freelance web designer for a few day to complete a project. The designer will probably be freelance so I will be paying a fixed amount on completion. Are there any...

UK Legal Employees

asked Feb 18 '12 at 09:03

Lee Jacobson
116 points

I live in CT but I have office space in NH, where would I register for an LLC? I don't plan on moving there and have employees in NH, so what should I do?

LLC Incorporation Employees Corporation

asked Feb 8 '12 at 05:19

Kas08016
6 points

I am the CEO of a rapidly growing startup and our growth has begun to outpace our resources as a 3 person organization. So we have begun looking around for people to hire, both as programmers, as...

Getting Started Hiring Employees

asked Feb 8 '12 at 07:55

Jason
279 points

My sister and I started a small company. I don't mind working with her. So far, we've been doing well and have managed to keep our professional issues separate from our family life. The problem is...

Hiring Employees Human Resources

asked Feb 2 '12 at 18:13

March Robert Philip Serrano
152 points

Do websites with pictures of people on the first page make the company look more "human", therefore contributing to the success of the product or service the web site tries to promote? Short...

Employees Website People

asked Jan 21 '12 at 11:27

Maxim V. Pavlov
217 points

I have a question about what are the best exit options for employees that own shares in a company and want to leave after some time. For example, let's say at the start of a company the first...

Partner Employees Shares Vesting

asked Jan 24 '12 at 09:38

Jfaulkins
111 points

Under what circumstances might it make sense to employ a local admin assistant rather than a remote Virtual Assistant?

Outsourcing Employees Administration

asked Jan 13 '12 at 21:53

Ryan
1,365 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

I am a part-time programmer contractor and usually I do everything myself, including meeting clients, writing the proposal, programming, the whole 9 yards. I would like to hire someone to split the...

Employees Profit Sharing

asked Dec 12 '11 at 07:37

Yongke Bill Yu
106 points

I'm looking into the equity for the 2nd employee of an early-stage startup. I've seen lots of rules of thumbs out there (some people say 1%) but it's hard to apply because some rules of thumb refer...

Equity Employees Founders Compensation

asked Dec 16 '11 at 15:58

Led
16 points

I am 1 year into my own Startup Software business and all is going well. We have enough money to hire someone and after pushing 90-130 hours a week for the last 4 months, I think it's a sensible...

Hiring Employees Education Contractor

asked Dec 17 '11 at 19:45

Optician
106 points

We are bootstrapping and offering equity. We're seeking a front end developer. We posted on startuply.com but are looking for other places. We used one location on craigslist. Anywhere else we...

Development Equity Employees Startupvisa

asked Dec 18 '11 at 04:29

John Deer
11 points

My co-founder and I are in the very early stages of launching our website. My day job is in finance, a highly-intense industry, to say the least. I very rarely have downtime during the day and our...

Employees

asked Nov 10 '11 at 12:45

User522962
108 points

I'm curious if a company has to (or if it is normal to) pay their employees if they, for instance, close the business for a while for renovations. For a specific case, say a restaurant closes for...

Employees

asked Nov 13 '11 at 15:22

Josh M.
138 points

What are the best ways in attracting talent to a startup? Is it salary, a cool brand, a cool office or something else? Equity is pretty much a standard so I'm looking for some other tips. A while...

Hiring Employees Interviews

asked Nov 3 '11 at 05:47

Erotsppa
139 points

This question is a follow up to another question but it stands as a question by itself so i decided to ask it separately.. i am a single-founder starting a company and hence looking for...

Equity Employees Founders Titles

asked Oct 18 '11 at 23:09

Achshar
125 points

Soccer clubs (at least in Europe) "own" their players for the duration of the contracts. These players are working for their clubs in a very similar way to employees working for startups. My...

Contract Employees Terms And Conditions

asked Sep 30 '11 at 00:21

David
1,567 points

Joel's answer on "If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time?" certainly was an interesting read. However, it was pretty much centred...

Employees Intellectual Property

asked Sep 30 '11 at 01:23

Pepijn
123 points

We have a very important employee at our startup who has been consistently abusing sick days. Unfortunately being a small company we would have a very hard time replacing him at this point but his...

Management Employees

asked Oct 1 '11 at 02:18

Lloyd
53 points