Getting Started Questions

I am a tech person and have been longing to create a startup but don't have enough skills in making business plans. Do you think is it a good idea to find a co-founder? Someone with orientation to...

Getting Started Co-Founder

asked Sep 10 '13 at 09:17

Abel Melquiades Callejo
47 points

To begin I am a software enthusiast with minimal business experience. I want to start a sole proprietorship where I develop ideas and then have people help me develop them for me. (people...

Getting Started Software Legal Employees Business

asked Sep 12 '13 at 06:30

B Dillan
13 points

I am working as a software engineer at different posts since a decade and now I am looking to start my own software development company. My business model would be offshore development. I have...

Getting Started Business Offshore

asked Sep 13 '13 at 02:47

Vicky
101 points

I am a web developer working for a normal IT company. My dream,my goal to start my own IT company. AS i have observed lot, many small private organizations in my locality are still using paper...

Getting Started IT

asked Sep 14 '13 at 23:41

Bhargava Katta
16 points

UK company wants to start up a subsidiary in the US. The first employee and the person heading it up will be a Canadian citizen living in Montreal. What issues if any does this structure pose?

Getting Started Foreign Legal

asked Sep 20 '13 at 06:39

Jim Thompson
1 point

I've developed an application with a couple of friends, and we want to publish it on various app stores. This requires a business bank account and VAT registration, and after some reading , the...

Getting Started UK Legal Administration

asked Sep 25 '13 at 22:33

Ed Hinchliffe
118 points

Let's say I want to start consulting. I have a name in mind for my one-person business. Can I just.... call it that? Do I have to jump through any hoops to make it official?

Getting Started Solo Entrepreneur Incorporation Legal Entity

asked Sep 27 '13 at 00:11

Walrus The Cat
106 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

last year, i had like 8000 members, 2000 twitter followers, 2000 on facebook page, still can't motivate the members to be active on the site. it's a competition type of sites, you pay 2$ you enter...

Getting Started Marketing Strategy Ideas Website

asked Sep 29 '13 at 09:05

Fischer
116 points

I created a web application that allowed users to share their ideas using a twitter like interface with some decent capabilities like location,search,voting and (ideas as response) , response...

Getting Started Failure Web App

asked Aug 26 '13 at 20:10

Arko D
101 points

Every time I do a pitch for any software idea I'm asked "What kind of protection do you have?" and it always stumps me. I've asked others and they don't have a good idea either. As a start up...

Getting Started Venture Capital Pitch

asked Aug 27 '13 at 21:48

Keith Loughnane
138 points

I am looking into starting up a retail business. Part of what I would like to do involves researching wholesales costs and projected sales and profits based on the wholesale costs. However, I do...

Getting Started Startup Costs Business Plan

asked Aug 31 '13 at 09:44

Danny
106 points

Issue, that bothers me: every day 10-15 people adds my application via Chrome Store. But I don't feel like they are using website or coming back (and bounce rate among them is nearly 100%). From...

Getting Started Traffic

asked Sep 6 '13 at 06:03

Joe Half Face
188 points

I have heard a lot from business people that the most important things for a startup are people, idea, team. But is it really important to register the startup's business name first before looking...

Getting Started

asked Sep 9 '13 at 08:29

Abel Melquiades Callejo
47 points

Please forgive the general nature of this question, I'm simply a beginner looking for direction and advice. As an engineer, I do not have a background in business but I've recently taken an...

Getting Started Legal

asked Sep 10 '13 at 05:58

Tom
6 points

Software dev myself - been working on startup idea for a four months now - I'm a solo founder ( until I can find the right person) - as previous partnerships were difficult to maintain My...

Getting Started Strategy Startup Costs Day Job Money

asked Aug 12 '13 at 22:33

Code Talk
253 points

Classic Chicken or Egg Dilemma: I need to raise funds to build the system I have designed. I need the system built to generate revenue from my customer. I need to be generating revenue to raise...

Getting Started Funding Business Model Developers

asked Aug 14 '13 at 14:36

W00dc4ip
18 points

When two or more people are evaluating a business model, they may desire to have a MOU (memorandum of understanding) to document their expectations about how they will share responsibilities and...

Getting Started Incorporation Partnership Documentation Best Practices

asked Aug 17 '13 at 00:09

New Alexandria
221 points

I want to start a business and have an opportunity to immigrate to US. I am at a crossroads in my life. I have a good business idea and need web developers and programmers to start my website as...

Getting Started Location Business Online Entrepreneurship

asked Aug 21 '13 at 23:15

User27529
6 points

So, A friend of mine has a brand created for a game, characters, story, the works. He also a rough idea about how the game should be which looked pretty solid. He took out about $40,000 loan and...

Getting Started Contract Equity Legal Shares

asked Aug 25 '13 at 03:43

Brybam
103 points