Questions

I think that I've found the right company name, but I'm not sure about it. I'll like to hear others opinion, and I don't know how to do it in order to protect the domanin name and to get...

Company Naming

asked Oct 15 '12 at 02:31

Ctp
14 points

I know it might vary depending of kind of product. I'm planning to register a very unique Intellectual Property internet service patent Let's suppose the world doesn't have search engine yet, and...

Intellectual Property

asked Oct 13 '12 at 00:36

Edwin Soho
30 points

As a startup, we are talking to a business development consultant. He will do business development in a particular country for us. What are the key terms we need to be careful about in a contract...

Independent Contractor Business

asked Oct 13 '12 at 00:40

Ben
1 point

I'm considering a startup which at its core is a content website; however I'd like to validate the idea before I invest too much of my time into it. That being said I'm not completely sure how I...

Content MVP Validation

asked Oct 15 '12 at 12:43

Nick Budden
129 points

I am hoping to generate some revenue by sending out emails to interested people about giving a gift to the company. I am aware in order to say "donation" you must be a 501(c)(3) however if you...

LLC Payments Donations Gifts

asked Oct 13 '12 at 18:10

Grant Wilkinson
105 points

I have a tech startup and we design consumer electronic products. For product design I need semiconductors ICs. So I searched over the internet and found that many reputed companies offer the ICs...

Electronics Hardware Manufacturing

asked Oct 15 '12 at 16:12

Sbr1990
6 points

I am in the early stages of bootstrapping a startup. The product is a cloud-based service for businesses within a very specific industry. I have worked as a UX & UI developer and design...

Getting Started Partnership

asked Oct 13 '12 at 19:54

Conrad
108 points

I run a website that conducts short story writing competitions for 10 months (each month different genre), and publish an anthology at the end of the year containing all the winning stories. It's...

Customer Feedback Customer Service

asked Oct 15 '12 at 16:52

User21143
16 points

I am starting an eCommerce marketplace. I am about to give the go ahead to my designer to start work- however I have already paid 2000$ for development. But, for the maintenance only he is...

Website Web Services Web Design

asked Oct 14 '12 at 04:36

Stanford Sequeira
42 points

We have some game development software called Construct 2. We are based in the UK. As far as we are aware, we're the only business with game development software called Construct. We'd like to...

Branding Trademark

asked Oct 15 '12 at 20:08

Tom
480 points

We recently closed a first round of investing for 3 million and paid in excess of 150k for our legal fees. We used a reputable firm and were lead to believe that the costs would be around the 50k...

Legal Investment Fees

asked Oct 15 '12 at 22:37

First Time Enterpreuner
26 points

I'd like to transfer my one-member LLC to a close relative, and then transfer it back when I don't have visa status problem. After formation of my LLC in DE last year, there is nearly no operation...

Legal

asked Oct 16 '12 at 01:15

Crosssea
6 points

What are the options available for online credit card processing? I have developed a website where I need to charge credit card. I will not be interested in storing credit card information. I know...

Credit Cards

asked Oct 16 '12 at 04:32

Ready To Compete
31 points

Co-founder performance in the startup has dropped. He clearly has other priorities in his professional life, like other startups, and he doesn't want to give up his 30% shares. The only written...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Oct 16 '12 at 05:35

South
176 points

It's a bit subjective but helpful and on-topic IMO, mayebe should be made community wiki I've been in contact with some guest bloggers lately which are interested in publishing posts on my...

Marketing Social Media Online Internet

asked Oct 3 '12 at 06:36

Fiftyeight
125 points

I am working in a small software company. Owner directly manages the business. I'd like to start my own project, part time. I have a family. It is difficult to find free time to work on my...

Getting Started Part Time

asked Oct 3 '12 at 06:44

Mel1
6 points

My business is based in Australia, but most of my sales are made in the USA in US dollars, and most of the bills my business pays are also paid in USD (via debit card). I know that some...

Finance Bank Account Currency

asked Oct 16 '12 at 13:27

Paul Stovell
204 points

Not sure if this the right place to ask but here it goes: We (myself and 2 founders) found our startup about a year ago. Then we brought on an employee to work part-time and had him sign a...

Co-Founder Equity Employees

asked Oct 3 '12 at 06:45

User19965
6 points

I've seen a few posts on this site about crowdsourcing which imply that it's not possible to use kickstarter outside the US. I'm wondering where does this information come from ? Any sources ? I...

Funding Crowdfunding

asked Oct 16 '12 at 16:30

Dinaiz
116 points

Every day I receive invitations to win holidays, gift vouchers, cash, cars etc. When you go to the site there are literally hundreds if these deals listed. I know some of these sites simply...

Getting Started Advertising Database Market Research

asked Oct 3 '12 at 13:16

Dean Nesmith
6 points