Software Questions

Looking for a little guidance on an equity offer for a project I'm involved in. I was approached six months ago by a founder-developer who has written software to accomplish an idea originated by...

Marketing Software Equity Business Micro Startup

asked Mar 14 '13 at 18:08

Alan
1 point

I'm a computer science student at Bristol University in the UK, and I'm looking to work for a startup when I graduate, as I have always had a strong interest in business and feel working for a...

Software Technology Employees

asked Mar 17 '13 at 04:17

Ryan
4 points

In the early stages of a start-up, my key market is digital signage, a hardware development kit I use requires signing an NDA to receive the SDK, as stated in the early stages of the start-up. Do...

Software LLC NDA DBA

asked Mar 21 '13 at 05:58

William
1 point

If I create an application for a client and I am employed as a contactor to the client by a contracting firm in a different capacity, who owns the copyright?

Software Contract Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Feb 21 '13 at 02:32

Victor Clough
6 points

I am basically involved in wordpress site development but a self starter for rails. I want to transform my idea into a rail app and I am contributing it on git(at a very initial level this time),...

Getting Started Software Development Partnership Open Source

asked Feb 24 '13 at 21:24

Swapnesh
113 points

I have a 33.33% stake in an LLC partnership, which was made with cash contributions. I have since developed software with an associate who is not part of the company that we would like to sell as...

Software LLC Partnership Intellectual Property

asked Feb 26 '13 at 08:31

Frank
16 points

I am a software developer and for the past 4-5 years I've worked part-time on an application related to fantasy sports. I enjoy toying with the marketing side of things but I focus mainly on...

Software Partnership

asked Mar 4 '13 at 14:31

Bperniciaro
6 points

Having spent the last 2 years plotting business ideas and dreaming of the day I would resign I have finally given notice and am preparing to begin pursuing my dreams. However I have reached an...

Software Business Model Market Analysis

asked Jan 30 '13 at 14:48

Maxim Gershkovich
234 points

Basically I want to start a company. I realize you cannot use this software for commercial purposes; hence the name. Basically I have lots of "Non-commercial" software installed on my main...

Software Legal Computers

asked Feb 1 '13 at 09:33

Annonomus Person
204 points

I have the following situation: My product is enterprise software and costs 50k. We don´t want our competitors getting their hands on it, so we dont offer a downloadable trial. A potential...

Software

asked Feb 3 '13 at 20:43

user1721135
182 points

I have been developing some software for an online venture in return for significant equity. I am working with another founder who is developing the business. The current thinking is to value our...

Software Equity Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Investors

asked Feb 6 '13 at 07:51

Sam Jolly
116 points

I have always been curious to know what a company gets in return for investing in a startup company that makes a healthy profit while continuing to grow. For example: Accel partners invested 12...

Getting Started Software Web Corporate Sponsorship Sponsorship

asked Jan 16 '13 at 00:34

Geddon
20 points

I want to begin to write a Software with my 2 other friends.I worked hard on c# for 4 years and they worked on it approximately for 1 year.Now One Of them got this project and want to make it with...

Software User Experience Income

asked Jan 18 '13 at 07:48

Programming Follower
1 point

We get emailed nearly daily from various software reselling companies around the world. They generally enquire as to the cost of 1 - 5 units of our software, and we generally turn down these...

Software Payments Resellers Distribution

asked Jan 24 '13 at 22:31

Tom
480 points

I'm building a prototype for a web/mobile application. The goal is to collect user generated content, let user rate it while at the same time being entertained and do something interesting with it....

Software Legal Intellectual Property

asked Jan 26 '13 at 07:07

Pvoosten
106 points

Just today I started to get interested in this field and I've started with Getting Real. I kept seeing answers here that recommend it and it also seems trustworthy. However, one thing I don't get...

Getting Started Software Books

asked Jan 28 '13 at 00:48

Ken
143 points

I'm creating a mobile app for small business wholesalers and the alpha will be finished soon. I have done some face-to-face market research by visiting trade shows they exhibit in and showing...

Software B2B Beta Small Business Mobile Apps

asked Dec 30 '12 at 01:49

Sguptaet
242 points

I recently spoke to the Director of Sales of a new, successful CRM software. He said a key part of their marketing is PR and getting the media to talk about them. We're building a software for...

Marketing Software Inbound Marketing PR Small Business

asked Jan 1 '13 at 05:50

Sguptaet
242 points

I have a commercial software product that will be launching soon. It has a very similar name to a piece of open source software in a non-English speaking country. The only difference is a...

Marketing Software Products Product Launch Name

asked Jan 2 '13 at 08:38

Firstresponder
113 points

I've been working at a pre-launch startup for the past year (going to launch in the next several weeks). I'm supposed to sign my Stock Purchase Agreement soon, but wanted to run this by to see if I...

Software Co-Founder Equity Legal

asked Jan 10 '13 at 07:03

Rabid Zombie
113 points