Questions

I have a (hardware) technology idea that several companies might be interested to compete with once created. Once I apply for a patent, can I proceed to scout for manufacturers, hire engineers,...

Legal Patent

asked Aug 12 '12 at 00:36

Aditya Menon
112 points

Ran across this breakdown of startups applications (roughly 7000 "startups" in the database) that appears to show that less than 10% of startups looking for funding have any revenue. Seems hard to...

Funding Revenue

asked Aug 12 '12 at 11:36

Blunders .
899 points

According to related topic: If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time? (and related : Intellectual Property and Side-Projects in...

Employees Employers Copyright Intellectual Property Agreements

asked Aug 12 '12 at 19:24

Grzegorz Wierzowiecki
126 points

Currently reviewing two types of homepages for software products: Stylish with minimum content on the homepage: boxshot, download button, buy now button and sometimes features listed as small...

Software Website Conversion

asked Aug 12 '12 at 22:48

Techno
128 points

What if we got seed funding (say $350k) and needed to find an iOS developer and backend web developer right away. Do you: a) Hire an agency to help develop the app b) Find a freelancer to...

Funding Hire Seed

asked Aug 13 '12 at 07:46

Ender Parker
12 points

I've always understood bootstrapping in the context of startups to mean that the business achieves sustainability through customers, not loans, equity deals, etc. Ash Maurya has a blog post from a...

Bootstrapped Lean

asked Aug 13 '12 at 21:21

Blunders .
899 points

Im starting my Startup with $0, a Mac, and A Windows. I need Startup Money but I don't want to get it from Venture Capital. What kinds of Methods are there? Thanks

Startup Costs Venture Capital Money

asked Aug 14 '12 at 09:44

Coder404
136 points

I'm putting together a business plan for a startup, and I need to provide an estimate for utility costs. For my plan, this is an office of 12 employees with an average of 2 CPU's per workstation....

Getting Started Pricing Business Plan

asked Aug 14 '12 at 12:32

Erick Robertson
106 points

I'm just getting started with promoting my startup in Google+, and am looking for suggestions on the best way to do this. I can post to Google+ as (1) the "page" for the startup or as (2) my email...

Marketing SEO Social Network

asked Aug 5 '12 at 12:55

Kekito
1,936 points

I'm copy editing WordPress' Terms of Service to my own web hosting service, and I wonder what does this mean: If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Automattic, acceptance is...

Legal Terms And Conditions

asked Aug 14 '12 at 16:29

Kaj Magnus Lindberg
110 points

Does a reference to another document which is no longer available or lost make a contract void or nullified? Such as a service agreement between two companies that makes reference to a marketing...

Contract Legal

asked Aug 5 '12 at 16:57

Brian Boatright
101 points

What skills are needed for a Junior Developer to join Start up firm (US,Europe)? I took part in Code Sprint-Interview Street,did Solve Engineering Challenges that is posted in few tech companies...

Hiring

asked Aug 14 '12 at 20:46

Restless
1 point

I am a regular reader of this forum and am trying to clear my doubts before I actually dive in the real sea. I am a hardcore developer working in a specific stream, web2.0. precisely on Rich...

Marketing Sales Technology Consulting

asked Aug 14 '12 at 20:56

Dhananjay
33 points

We are contemplating a start-up with 2 main founders, who will put cash in and work in the business, and 2 angel investors who will only put in cash. The way we want the ownership to work out...

Partner Entrepreneurs Stock Options

asked Aug 6 '12 at 03:20

Stringfellow
18 points

I develop and sell iPhone apps. I've released one app, and decided to build a few more, in parallel. I thought about outsourcing some of the coding, so I went on Elance and posted some jobs there....

Bootstrapped Outsourcing

asked Aug 6 '12 at 05:54

Black Rider
297 points

Whenever people or businesses purchase services or products for a price, they do so using a pricing structure put in place by a business. These pricing structures are really defined by the Terms...

Pricing Terms And Conditions

asked Aug 6 '12 at 06:15

Leeand00
108 points

So, I'm considering creating a searchable website/mobile app for cards for a popular card game. The cards have some text on them and an image. In the site/app, I'll display some of the text and an...

Copyright

asked Aug 15 '12 at 04:51

Darthg8r
114 points

Can a non-Illinois resident be an owner-member of an LLC registered in Illinois?

LLC

asked Aug 6 '12 at 11:36

Strimp099
106 points

My co-founder and I are reaching a point where we need to make some decisions about where and how to incorporate. One of us is in the US (California) where most of our customers will be for the...

Co-Founder International

asked Aug 15 '12 at 05:53

Jwf
6 points

I have recently submitted an application to receive a government grant for funding. There is a requirement, that is to be submit via an incubator. I contacted an incubator and they are ok with...

Funding Seed Funding Fundraising

asked Aug 6 '12 at 22:59

Slay
154 points