Employees Questions

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Employees Tax

asked Sep 15 '11 at 10:03

Tom Jones
24 points

Are there any legal issues with setting up an affiliate program? Basically a system where people can get rewarded for referrals. Even if there's nothing major, are there any words you should make...

Legal Interns Employees

asked Sep 15 '11 at 10:53

Babonk
143 points

I am in the process of trying to convince my boss to have catered lunches at work. The company is still in its scrappy startup phase so money is a little tight. I was wondering if anyone could...

Employees

asked Sep 18 '11 at 12:31

Jmeed
8 points

I have builded some web startups earlier with medium winnings. I have to say that the whole work was done by myself as I have the ability to do it programmatically. However I think I am not the...

Employees Website Human Resources

asked Sep 8 '11 at 08:25

Nikolai
125 points

Investors want to see the finished project (+ maybe private beta results). I came a long way, but I have the feeling that I cant run the last couple of miles without being surpassed by...

Hiring Equity Recommendations Employees

asked Sep 12 '11 at 00:23

Equity
6 points

Is there a site, or resources, for a development team in need of a start up? I'm in a bit of a odd situation here, in that I built a development team of 6 people for a privately funded social...

Employees

asked Sep 12 '11 at 23:58

E Barr
123 points

My co-founder and I met each other at our current company. However, we are intending on quitting our jobs within the next few weeks for our startup. The startup and our current employer are in two...

Employees

asked Sep 13 '11 at 12:01

Li Zhou
323 points

I am running a boot-strapped startup with another technical co-founder and we are making revenue (not profitable yet) and things are extremely tight. We are both experienced programmers and my...

Employees Code

asked Aug 29 '11 at 03:32

Nextgenneo
327 points

There are 12 ppl in my organisation. Should I hire siblings of people already working for my organisation? I mean its not a big deal for a big company, but such a decision should be thought upon in...

Hiring Employees

asked Aug 29 '11 at 19:56

User392406
128 points

I am owner of a small start up web+mobile development company. We are 2 full time programmers (including myself) and 4 part time programmers. I asked my team a question: Do you think it's important...

Culture Non Profit Employees Relationships

asked Sep 4 '11 at 14:07

John
170 points

I've been working for a company as a contractor for several months. While working for this company, I created some seriously sensitive IP. This is IP that is nigh on patentable. My employment with...

Software Employees Copyright Intellectual Property NDA

asked Aug 26 '11 at 21:13

John
11 points

Ive been employeed by an Advertising agency for coming up on 3 years now as a web developer. Prior to my employment I was a subcontractor hired by this same agency for about 3 years. I have had...

Legal Employees Intellectual Property

asked Aug 27 '11 at 13:00

Patrick
18 points

If my company is profitable and able to pay early startup employee at the market salary (compare to MSFT, Google, Apple etc) , should I still need to pay for significant amount of option to...

Equity Startup Costs Employees Salary

asked Aug 8 '11 at 23:30

Howard
126 points

Is it common to issue equity to CEO as Preferred stock but other co-founders as Common stock? When setting up a 20% employee pool, it is common to have terms that the unissued equity will be...

Equity Founders Agreement Employees Angel Seed Funding

asked Jul 23 '11 at 13:52

Howard
126 points

I know that it is very difficult to gauge a candidate's attitude / work ethics from the start. What are the most important things you look for a candidate that will be fit for a startup software...

Getting Started Hiring Employees Ethics

asked Jul 27 '11 at 14:29

Joset
161 points

Is ethical for an employee quitting to start a similar business? What do you think?

Employees Ethics Business Morality

asked Jul 31 '11 at 01:54

Sd Reyes
156 points

If there is a co-founder with 20% equity in the company but no salary, what is his status in the company? Should he be considered an employee? What is the difference between a cofounder and an...

Employees Founders

asked Jul 19 '11 at 12:21

Anil
45 points

In the development stage of launching a start up. I am initially outsourcing the development as I am not located in a place where there is an abundance of programmers. The dev timeline is 6 weeks....

Equity Employees Salary Team

asked Jul 5 '11 at 12:41

Eric Littleton
107 points

We're at a point where we need to hire at 1-2 employees, and I'm not sure how much cash to have on hand. We're a SaaS product, with growing traction and on target to be cash-flow neutral next year....

Hiring Finance Entrepreneurs Employees Payroll

asked Jul 8 '11 at 23:13

Nicko
840 points

To preface this, I'm a kid in high school that enjoys playing with ruby and ruby on rails. During the summer, my web development passion gets close to 100% of my time, but during the school year it...

Work Life Employees Balance

asked Jul 12 '11 at 01:22

Flashuni
3 points