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I have question about some organizational issue. Is a good idea to split my main information website (home, about, contact, ...) and my core application service to domain and subdomain? For...

Website Organization Domain Web App

asked Sep 14 '12 at 08:42

Grzegorz
144 points

I would like to start a niche social media website but I have no knowledge of programming. I do have business knowledge but that doesn't help me in the actual creation of this website. I don't have...

Social Media Patent

asked Sep 1 '12 at 01:13

Christine
1 point

My business partner and I have formed a partnership, we are in the process of drafting our partnership agreement. One of the points that he wants on there is: If one of the partners leaves they...

Co-Founder Partner Shares Profit Sharing

asked Sep 1 '12 at 03:02

Ryan Murphy
108 points

Let's say I provide services for my clients (consulting/programming/training, etc.) but the services are provided on demand at the clients' request. I want to charge a fixed monthly fee to cover...

Contract Consulting

asked Sep 15 '12 at 05:14

Miguel M
1 point

My co-founder and I recently went through the process of incorporation. I just got back the documents for the filing of a Delaware C-Corp and noticed my lawyer setup my co-founder as director and...

Incorporation Company Delaware

asked Sep 1 '12 at 08:40

Rjgonzo
157 points

Just the question. I have a "company" which is basically just an online identity and is completely unlicensed (for the time being). Can I actually call myself the "CEO" of the company if it is...

Company CEO

asked Sep 15 '12 at 17:40

Abluescarab
103 points

What determines who has authority to sign a contract on behalf of the company? What if a low level employee signs a contract in the name of the company, is it still binding? What happens when...

Contract Legal Legal Documents

asked Sep 1 '12 at 13:17

Aaron
21 points

I have been working in a company for a month. They buy my service instead of hiring me, so they ask me to set up my company. I do some drawing and design work for them. I want to know what kind of...

Insurance California USA

asked Sep 1 '12 at 14:47

Marco
130 points

Is it wise to keep a company that will no longer have any activity? and file zeroes on all its tax returns? Dissolving it might incur a higher one time cost. The company in question is a delaware c...

Company Tax IRS

asked Sep 16 '12 at 05:56

James
6 points

I have a large client whose customer has raised the issue of placing my company's software in escrow. I'm going to incur expenses upfront in making the software buildable outside of my environment,...

Escrow

asked Sep 16 '12 at 11:04

Julie In Austin
223 points

I've been through several rounds of technical (software developer) interviews at a start-up and have done pretty well. I've been invited back for the final round which will be with the CEO. I...

Equity Interviews Exit Strategy

asked Sep 1 '12 at 18:22

Onmyway
13 points

I am a sole Proprietorship in California. Where can I find a list of acceptable or not acceptable business expenses I am allowed to deduct from my income. Do I need to reimburse myself in anyway...

Tax Accounting Expenses Sole Proprietorship

asked Sep 1 '12 at 22:13

Marco
130 points

I am starting an independent video game studio. I have a team of around half a dozen people who are currently at work on our first game. I'm not comfortable advertising the game under the name of...

Legal Legal Entity

asked Sep 16 '12 at 14:17

Jason Sage
103 points

I'm opening a gym with a friend, but I'm putting up all the funds. We've agreed to be "partners," but I don't know how to structure the ownership plan. I've considered offering him a low initial...

Partnerships

asked Sep 16 '12 at 14:44

User19680
6 points

I got hired as an early employee (employee #4) and considered as key engineer of the company. As compensation, I got some stock option grant (1%), and well below market salary (about 30% of what I...

Employees Compensation

asked Sep 17 '12 at 00:45

T. W.
11 points

During its mission to raise popularity in the midst of the dot-com boom in '98, TravelZoo gave a few free shares to each person who signed up for their mailing list. Hypothetically, let's say I'm...

Marketing Incentives Incorporation Equity Crowdsourcing

asked Sep 2 '12 at 14:24

Maxim Zaslavsky
101 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I'm in a position where a colleague has offered me a percentage of a startup that is just getting off the...

Founder Negotiation

asked Sep 3 '12 at 02:49

User19467
16 points

When asked in person, or in an survey, the number of employees a startup has, should one count contractors in that number? What about part-timers or interns?

Employees

asked Sep 3 '12 at 04:51

Philip Seifi
132 points

This is more so theory than plans, and this is the only stack exchange that talks about corporate structure Is it possible to make a new shareholder class, arbitrarily, solely for the distribution...

Shares Corporation

asked Sep 17 '12 at 10:36

Cqm
137 points

The biggest mistake an entrepreneur can make is to invent a distribution channel and a new product category at the same time. - Dave Brown Why is it the biggest mistake? (to invent a...

Quote

asked Sep 3 '12 at 18:21

Voloda2
111 points