Questions

I am in a position where I am able to work from any location of the world. The dozens of clients I work with (currently as a simple self-employed) are scattered throughout the globe, and I work...

LLC International

asked Jun 18 '12 at 06:32

Harry
1 point

I want to start a C corp, and I keep coming across the following terms: stakeholder, stockholder, and shareholder. What's the difference between them? I'd appreciate a clear explanation in layman's...

Definitions Corporation

asked Jun 18 '12 at 06:47

Mark13426
131 points

I've recently launched a website and I need to sign up as many local businesses as I can on it. The website is currently only available for local businesses in Ontario, Canada only. There are a few...

Customers Local

asked Jun 18 '12 at 10:37

Bizlia Inc.
6 points

Are there any laws or regulations in the United States that define what is or is not acceptable when doing customer service outreach calls. More specifically, what I mean by outreach is an...

Customer Support

asked Jun 29 '12 at 04:04

Moses
113 points

My company (or soon to be) is looking at becoming an S-Corp. Right now most of our funds are tied up in the company and we can't really afford to hire an attorney to do the work for us. Can we get...

Incorporation Legal S Corp

asked Jun 29 '12 at 04:58

Mike
19 points

I'm currently on a J-1 visa and I understand that I'm not allowed to be paid by any company or organization other than my sponsoring organization. However, is it legal for me to 'work' for a...

Equity Visa Legal

asked Jun 29 '12 at 07:27

Dawood
101 points

Three friends and I have started an internet startup. Since we didn't really have much legal information and we all are friends, we never had any NDA in place or any IP protection. Now, we are...

Legal

asked Jun 18 '12 at 19:10

Gentrobot
122 points

I'm about to launch a new ecommerce startup and I'm considering using this e-fulfillment company until I can afford my own. But I have some concerns: E-fulfillment companies often run a bunch of...

Ecommerce

asked Jun 18 '12 at 19:26

Mark Boulder
118 points

I have a free iOS app with about 2000 daily active users. I just submitted an app update that includes Apple's iAds. Now I'm curious about how much revenue I can generate with this user count. I...

Advertising Revenue Mobile Customer Retention Apple

asked Jun 29 '12 at 13:16

Sunday Monday
167 points

I have a working prototype of a Mercurial repository browser/management tool for Windows and I'm thinking in creating a potential business out of it. While developing this, I looked a lot inside...

Business Model GPL

asked Jun 29 '12 at 19:02

Anton Gogolev
136 points

I've developting a SaaS product and would like to charge my users a subscription charge, I'm considering a model with a monthly fee and a annual discount - but now my question is this. How do I...

Payments Subscriptions

asked Jun 29 '12 at 20:31

Martin Kristiansen
102 points

I have a small number of clients for whom I provide IT and website hosting services on a recurring basis (all side-work). While I'm still just breaking even due to hardware/cloud expenses at the...

LLC Incorporation Consulting California

asked Jun 19 '12 at 03:00

Matt Beckman
132 points

I have a remote worker (He lives in South Africa, we are in Israel) in my team of 3, and I want to reward him for his awesome work. There is not enough budget to compensate him more but I still...

Compensation Remote

asked Jun 19 '12 at 03:39

Mikle
113 points

I have established a multi member LLC and plan to elect taxation as an s corp. Do I obtain an EIN for the LLC (as a partnership) first and then file the form to be taxed as an S Corp. The...

LLC EIN

asked Jun 30 '12 at 16:36

Kirk
11 points

So we have our idea, the site map pretty much laid out and designed, and now we are ready to start looking for a development team. Right now we have three founders and we are looking for one...

Co-Founder Incorporation Business

asked Jun 19 '12 at 08:42

Derek
164 points

We are a software vendor and provide tools for other software developers. One of large companies requested information in order to determine whether our software is subject to Federal Export...

Software Legal Regulation

asked Jul 2 '12 at 10:07

Poopsky
195 points

I came across Microsoft Surface today, and one tiny detail get me thinking. There is a small "TM" next to the word "Surface", can they do that? Can a common word like surface be trademarked like...

Legal USA Trademark

asked Jun 19 '12 at 17:09

Martin Kristiansen
102 points

in the past month I've been formulating a new startup idea in my head. It's not something technologically advanced that can't be made by me and my team but it belongs in the health industry and I...

Advisors Equity

asked Jun 19 '12 at 18:57

Thanos
103 points

The users of my saas app have a 14 day trial run to decide if they like it enough in order to stump up the cash for a monthly subscription. I'm trying to work out a schedule of emails to send the...

Saas Conversion

asked Jul 2 '12 at 17:37

User18616
131 points

I'm launching SaaS which will be accessed mainly through mobile app and web browser. Company will be located in one of the EU countries, but will offer services worldwide. I'm wondering in what...

Saas Terms And Conditions

asked Jul 2 '12 at 19:17

Matej Zlodej
273 points