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1 Votes
3 Answers
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Start up is getting offer to have website developed for "profit sharing"

I have an idea for a website that myself and a partner have started to get going. One of our first steps was speaking with a web developer. The site may run over our budget. The developer (who is a...

asked Sep 19 '12 at 10:28
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Melissa
6 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.39K Views
How could I validate a product that saves large SaaS biz money on bandwith?

My business idea deals with compressing the traffic coming out of web apps to the client. I can show the bandwidth differences with and without my software. How do I know validate if companies...

asked Sep 30 '12 at 12:42
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New Alexandria
221 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.04K Views
How to calculate avg account lifetime in SaaS model?

I wish I had taken a stats class, but I didn't so I'm hoping someone out there can help me out. We sell a product with a recurring monthly fee. I'd like to be able to figure out how long the...

asked Sep 19 '12 at 10:35
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Jim
11 points

6 Votes
2 Answers
3.64K Views
Someone wants to invest money in my company to startup carpet cleaning business?

So I own a Commercial & Residential cleaning service. So far my company is pretty small and our work load is not tremendous right now. I do a lot of move in and move out cleaning and often...

asked Sep 19 '12 at 18:58
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Stuart
31 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.75K Views
Employee who contracted programmer to complete project. Who owns intellectual property?

I was hired as an employee to integrate data which initially no projects existed that required programming. It became clear that the method needed to complete one project was going to require some...

asked Oct 1 '12 at 03:29
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User19928
21 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
1.99K Views
Repercussions maintaining ownership to a company I am not actively contributing to

I am a co-founder of an LLC and because of some very heavy issues that has come about, I haven't been an active team member. The business has been around for a few years and, like everyone else who...

asked Oct 1 '12 at 14:57
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Charlie
1 point

-1 Votes
1 Answers
2.1K Views
Worldwide Ecommerce From One Location: What requirements are there from other states and countries?

Details: I plan to sell downloadable information through passive search-engine ads, which could end up anywhere. I am hoping that US copyrights will be sufficient (can I do better?). My unbacked...

asked Oct 1 '12 at 18:38
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User19934
1 point

1 Votes
1 Answers
1.83K Views
how might one market to recent mortgagees?

I have a startup idea that involves offering a service to people in the U.S. who recently took out mortgages. I feel as though mailing lists of such people must be available somewhere (from the...

asked Sep 20 '12 at 09:55
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Michael Stern
106 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
3.21K Views
Is it common for people to work for free in exchange for equity in a startup?

My business partner and I have an idea that requires some web development to be done to get to the first stage of proving that the concept works. We do not want to pay to do this, but rather have...

asked Oct 2 '12 at 00:51
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User19942
11 points

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1 Answers
2.5K Views
How to define US income on international sales?

I'm from Guatemala and i own a company here with license to export. Two days ago I ask another question here: Tax deduction for imported IT goods and services and @littleadv has given me a very...

asked Oct 2 '12 at 03:09
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Darwin
110 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2K Views
Internet advertising startup

I am a software engineer with two years of experience and I am planning to get into internet advertising. I can put in hard work. I have experience running a non-technical business. My problem is...

asked Sep 20 '12 at 20:12
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Darpan
118 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.9K Views
Does US subsidiary makes foreign company liable for US sales taxation?

1 - Company A is an European company that sells digital products and services all over the world, including the US. The company does not pay US income tax because it does not have an US...

asked Oct 2 '12 at 05:26
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Captain Hartman
6 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.36K Views
Startup capital and taxes

I'm finishing up a successful KickStarter campaign. The approximately $8000 is going to be used as capital for my software startup. I'm currently structured as a sole proprietorship, so the $8000...

asked Sep 21 '12 at 02:28
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Joe
6 points

6 Votes
2 Answers
4.21K Views
Non-Founder CTO Equity?

Background: I'm the co-founder for a 2 year old startup that is currently bootstrapping and solidly profitable (300k+ revenue this year). When we hired our 3rd and 4th employees (COO and CTO...

asked Sep 21 '12 at 03:05
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User406112
31 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
1.88K Views
How would I prove it's a non-EU customers?

I'm starting a company like many of you here, selling software. I'm located in Europe and one thing that really troubled me and prevents me from going forward is one question: How do I prove the...

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asked Sep 21 '12 at 08:24
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Mashup
15 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.48K Views
Ethics: A competitor is not following industry standards

A sales lead is currently working with one of our competitors, and said they'd happily switch over, so long as we we could make the changes to handle things in the same way as our competitor...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 02:21
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Jeff S
374 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.53K Views
Do I want to pull clients to my company's facebook page or its web site?

I am writing an iOS app which I hope to publish in the next month or so. In parallel, I will set up a web site and a Facebook page for my company. The purpose of these sites is to show other apps...

asked Sep 21 '12 at 12:11
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Dave
155 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.16K Views
Where to find data to determine talent pool in a location

Good evening I'm part of a startup thats looking to move to an area with a decent talent pool of IT professionals, and after surfing the morass that is Stats Canada, I wonder if anyone would know...

asked Sep 21 '12 at 12:48
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Canadiancreed
136 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.29K Views
Actual tax rate for self employment with LLC

There seem to be a ton of LLC related questions and I've been through most of them but I don't see anything that answers my question directly. Right now I'm on a 1099 and it was suggested that I...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 03:27
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Dustin Davis
272 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
2.3K Views
Do I have a Facebook page for my company or one for each of my products?

I will shortly be publishing my first iOS app and wish to set up a Facebook page. Assume that I will be producing a number of apps over the next year or so. The main purposes of the Facebook page...

asked Sep 21 '12 at 15:05
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Dave
155 points