Questions

I am nearly done with the development of a medium scale website and I want to do a bit of beta testing on the actual site. I am looking for some useful but somewhat generic questions that I should...

Testing Beta Users User Acquisition

asked Nov 1 '12 at 06:54

Clifgray
200 points

I have the problem that i always meet the wrong people. Most of the people i know on the one hand don't want to be self employed or on the other hand want to found a business but are to optimistic...

Networking Co-Founder

asked Oct 19 '12 at 20:14

Zoidbergi
111 points

My wife is starting an architecture business as a sole proprietor. One significant expense is insurance. Suppose that she pays $10,000 for insurance now that covers the period Nov. 1, 2012 to...

Tax Accounting Expenses

asked Nov 1 '12 at 10:36

Kekito
1,936 points

I started a little software company as a sole proprietorship and I'm generating income from an app in the Mac App Store. I have made a few business related purchases (software, web hosting,...

Accounting Bookkeeping

asked Nov 1 '12 at 14:49

Mike T
174 points

I'm developing a service that would collect subscriber's money for the webmaster, and we'd pay the website owner at the end of the month. So for example, 10 subscribers pay "us" (the service)...

Tax USA

asked Nov 1 '12 at 16:55

Nimbuz
174 points

I'm tinkering with an idea that has to do with Facebook Fan page. Basically, I'll be using the Facebook API to post a "Fan page status update" with a link on fanpage that people give me the...

Legal Facebook

asked Nov 1 '12 at 20:36

Syl
1 point

I'm currently in the process of building a startup with two co-founders (both are business people). Since I've been a developer in a wide-range of technologies I'll handle the CTO role. This won't...

CTO Management Leadership People

asked Nov 2 '12 at 00:49

Alex K.
18 points

I am a software engineer who "invented", and developed alone an integrated ERP software solution over the past 2 years. I got the idea and coded much of the software as intern at small wholesale...

Software Contract Employees Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Oct 20 '12 at 06:31

P T
11 points

I am in the very early stages in looking to start a business in which I help individuals purchase cars on their behalf, so they do not have to deal with the dealership, an experience most people do...

Legal Agent

asked Oct 20 '12 at 07:32

Jarrett Luc
1 point

I recently started a hardware company and Im in the process of setting up my incorporation. We have zero income at this point, but incurring expenses chiefly product design and material goods to...

Legal

asked Nov 2 '12 at 03:11

User21431
6 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? We have a team made up of four co-founders. Our equity split is: Co-founder #1 40% Co-founder #2...

Co-Founder Equity Compensation Partnerships

asked Oct 20 '12 at 07:41

Derek
164 points

This question has been haunting me. I'm scared that if I fail to raise my goal, my startup would lose interest from the tech community, angels, early adopters, etc.

Seed Funding

asked Oct 20 '12 at 16:40

Zapoo
303 points

I'm working on the executive summary for my website idea and need to figure out the total market capitalization for the this industry. For example, if all the yearly advertising (and other)...

Venture Capital Pitch Business Plan Market Analysis Market Research

asked Oct 21 '12 at 11:42

User19815
1 point

When opening up a new corporate bank account, are initial deposits looked at as income, and therefore considered taxable? Or are they counted as 'funding' (or some other term) and therefore...

Tax Delaware Corporation

asked Nov 2 '12 at 07:01

Nas
6 points

Is it a good idea to describe the features of a product/service by making fictional scenarious how to use this product? I know the best aproach would be to present at first the problem and show...

Marketing Launch Product Launch

asked Oct 21 '12 at 18:39

Ovonel
33 points

So I am a developer, and I had this idea about making an app only for florists. Obviously theres not a lot of money in that so what if in addition to any florists that signed on, 1800flowers or...

Apps Corporate Sponsorship Software Licensing

asked Oct 22 '12 at 01:53

Ben Thomson
140 points

I was an intern in a small furniture company for over year where I had an idea to develop an integrated software solution that would help any company of the same type get organized. A verbal...

Legal Interns Employers Intellectual Property Software Licensing

asked Oct 22 '12 at 03:45

P T
11 points

First post here, but posted a lot in StackOverflow but looking to go solo now, so question number one: Business Purchase I know what this means but want to check.. What I think it means: I have...

Tax

asked Oct 22 '12 at 03:57

Tim.Baker
113 points

My understanding is that an S corporation is the easiest for a new firm, and can always be changed to a C corporation later. What are the reasons not to do it this way? The firm under...

Incorporation Legal Tax S Corp

asked Nov 3 '12 at 03:29

Math Attack
106 points

I am a self taught programmer and web developer, planning to become an Independent Software Vendor. I am creating a software for Accounting and Inventory Management to sell in my local market....

Software Legal Business

asked Nov 3 '12 at 22:16

Metadice
23 points