Questions

My co-founder and I have invested $50k together and launched phase 1 of our social network website. We have started marketing in NY metro and have grown to 300 users in 4 weeks. We are in the...

Marketing Startup Costs Social Network

asked Jun 23 '12 at 04:36

Rajiv
11 points

I am preparing to sell software products to a global market. Customers will be companies of a technical or engineering nature. Cost of a license will be in the USD $500-$2000 range. Which currency...

Pricing International

asked Jun 23 '12 at 06:01

Paperjam
394 points

I run a business that works to provide electronic goods to our customers, and we have serious problems with customers defrauding us by claiming failure of delivery or similar through our current...

Payments

asked Jun 23 '12 at 06:30

Kort Pleco
891 points

I have a good domain I'd like to use for my startup and it would require a .ly. Should I try to avoid having to use a .ly? Any negative implications or connotations come along with using a .ly?

Domain

asked Jun 23 '12 at 12:14

Ephraim
6 points

If a friend casually wanted to hack with me and we wrote something that took off, are they entitled to equity in my company?

Founders Agreement Founders Intellectual Property

asked Jun 24 '12 at 06:04

User18524
31 points

Lots of people I know think that their idea for an iPhone app is a great business idea, and could make them rich. I think it's a nightmare, akin to two-level pyramid scheme that generates revenue...

Products Business Model Mobile Apps

asked Jun 25 '12 at 10:19

Mc Garnagle
121 points

We were in California for 2.5 days at a trade show in 2010. Our company is an LLC in Oregon. We are required by the show promoter to have a Board of Equailization number, and we pay sales tax to...

Legal Tax

asked Jun 25 '12 at 15:16

Mary Ann
1 point

I run a small Luxembourg-based consulting company and I'm about to start organizing events such as short seminars (2 hours) to long workshops (up to 5 days). I'd like to tour the USA and possibly...

Foreign Legal

asked Jun 25 '12 at 23:24

Roy Dictus
343 points

A good friend and I had an idea for a software/mobile device related business last year, but haven't had the time to develop it yet. He is currently taking a software engineering class at his...

Software Legal

asked Jun 26 '12 at 07:37

Ekoostik Martin
171 points

This is my first visit here, so hi. I have been asked to write some software for a startup which has an exciting plan. All options are open and in the first instance about 6 months of work is...

Software Equity Royalties

asked Jun 26 '12 at 10:38

Sam Jolly
116 points

I live in Germany. If I register a trademark here and then submit my application into the AppStore, will it be protected? The trademark will be my app's name. I imagine that my competition could...

Apps Trademark

asked Jun 26 '12 at 10:39

Muller
19 points

I am planning to create a website that will curate selected posts from around 30 blogs in a specific niche and organize them into a detailed hierarchy that makes it very easy for visitors to access...

Copyright Content

asked Jun 26 '12 at 16:23

Tim Coulter
128 points

I have a working prototype for an enterprise software. It is basically a very niche product catering a subset of the engineering firm. Now, what I need, is to validate the market as soon and as...

Software B2B Enterprise Market Research

asked Jun 5 '12 at 14:19

Graviton
871 points

I live in California USA. I have a client in Toronto Canada. They are paying me in US dollars and require a corp-to-corp realationship. Should I create an LLC or S-corp?

LLC California S Corp

asked Jun 15 '12 at 16:38

Mitch
1 point

I have started a small business based around a machine which can fabricate parts from a limited subset of material. I eventually want to get a larger machine which will remove the limitations but I...

Legal

asked Jun 5 '12 at 18:33

Jason
124 points

How can I improve the rate at which as a startup a group of 3 people get things done? We are a group of 3, and have a few web apps that run in a mostly automated fashion. But improving on these...

Management Productivity

asked Jun 5 '12 at 19:05

Khuram Malik
104 points

I am fully aware that this is asked frequently, but it will differ a lot depending on the type of business: I am just about to start looking for an investor for a startup in the UK, i dont want to...

Getting Started Investment

asked Jun 15 '12 at 21:02

Darkcat Studios
190 points

An equity investor is investing $1000 for a period of 5 years, equity share holding percentage 80% & my percentage 20%. In a normal scenario, when does an investor exit? The moment he gets...

Equity

asked Jun 5 '12 at 22:05

Aaryan
4 points

Depreciation is added in operating expense, but Depreciation is an expensible item that does not actually cause a decrease in Cash Flow, so Depreciation is backed out of the Cash Spent...

Finance

asked Jun 5 '12 at 22:21

Aaryan
4 points

I'm really disappointed about services provided by the CH agent that registered my ltd in the UK. At the beginning, they misspelled my name and didn't answer to my e-mails regarding this issue....

UK Company Agent Limited

asked Jun 6 '12 at 02:36

Lukeshek
452 points