Questions

If I and an investor own 50% of the outstanding shares in a limited company each, can I transfer some of my shares to another entity without the investor's (or any other shareholders') approval?...

Incorporation Business Shares

asked May 29 '12 at 11:39

Kate
99 points

The reason I'm asking is this: I currently run a sole proprietorship. I plan to establish a Limited company in 6 months time. The Limited company will take ownership of all software I produce in...

Incorporation Legal

asked May 29 '12 at 17:45

Nilzor
138 points

Let's say I have a startup web-app (e.g. ticketing system) ready to go live. I am planning to sell a monthly membership. I don't want to market/promote it, so I'd like to find a company to do that...

Resellers Web App

asked May 30 '12 at 00:15

Tasmaniski
101 points

What services should a software-oriented business incubator offer? (E.g., high speed internet, etc.)

Incubators

asked May 30 '12 at 01:41

Clay Nichols
737 points

everyone. I've made it to the second round of a business competition and now need to pitch an e-Learning concept to a panel of judges in order to secure funding. The idea is fairly unique and...

Pitch

asked May 30 '12 at 10:45

Methuselah
105 points

I am just starting a small business, and I need to open a business bank account. I went into the bank today, and they asked me if I wanted to use my SSN or the EIN for the business. What's the...

Getting Started

asked May 30 '12 at 11:03

Sarah
6 points

I'm getting ahead of myself here because my product hasn't launched yet, but I thought about this and would appreciate the thoughts of this community: Imagine this: You're launching a great app...

Marketing Sales Launch

asked May 30 '12 at 14:56

Torben Gundtofte Bruun
350 points

Everybody seems to think the opposite, but does it really matters how well you are connected with others entrepreneurs, developers or VCs when you own a tech company? It seems obvious that it...

Networking Co-Founder Partner Success Partnerships

asked May 30 '12 at 23:08

Hartator
116 points

I'm pretty sure I know whats the answer, would like another opinion. I am using generic time values in my business plan (M1, Y1). I want to know the proper way of displaying my sales forecast....

Sales Launch Business Plan

asked May 30 '12 at 23:55

Chieftec
10 points

I love startups but have no prior startup experience. Till now I have only built stuff like mobile apps (as part time gigs) and worked as a consultant for many large enterprises. I have this new...

Equity Investors

asked May 31 '12 at 02:55

Xoail
365 points

I want to sell domain names, but not the names I own. Rather, I want to sell the available domains in the general pool of available domains such as those sold by Domain.com an GoDaddy for under...

Domain

asked May 31 '12 at 03:57

Samthe Brand
108 points

So like others, I had a great idea, built the site and it functions very well. There is no other site out there that does this, and it's truly a very useful site. Now here is the problem, I have a...

Website

asked May 31 '12 at 09:48

Mike
19 points

My friend approached me with a business idea of selling a service to allow US business owners to incorporate in Dubai in order to avoid taxes. She resides in Dubai and owns a business there, and...

Business Model Tax Business Plan Business Offshore

asked May 31 '12 at 10:55

Chris
1 point

I am involved with a startup that has a very unique structure. We started as friends, all working in our spare time, never intending for it to become a business. Eventually, it started catching on...

Co-Founder Equity Part Time Vesting

asked May 31 '12 at 14:32

Lbc
16 points

Assuming a venture-backed startup with seed financing that plans to raise further rounds: does it make sense to buy things or should it go for renting/leasing? "Renting" something (office...

Finance Venture Capital Office Investors Operations

asked May 31 '12 at 23:28

Sascha Konietzke
118 points

This is my first business so excuse me. I'm establishing a salary for myself as an employee but suppose I wanted a percentage of sold goods also. Should that be included in the budget against sales...

Legal Business Plan Salary Commission

asked Jun 1 '12 at 01:09

Chieftec
10 points

I want to sell a software product. I would like to use a brand name e.g. mysoftcompany in the EULA (End User License Agreement) and in the contact details of webpage. So that the software is sold...

Software Legal Website Business

asked Jun 1 '12 at 01:51

User17330
18 points

I am currently employed by a company whose core business is not IT-related but I have developed a few applications that are central to some crucial business processes and I want to create a startup...

Incentives Equity Employers Intellectual Property Conflict Of Interest

asked Jun 1 '12 at 02:02

Assylias
103 points

My company is a U.S. C-Corp and we have recently created a stock option plan that allows for both ISO and NSO option grants. We have a foreign contractor located in China who does work for the...

Foreign Stock Options Contractor

asked Jun 1 '12 at 08:47

Tricia Yee
16 points

I'm developer. I had an idea for a company, came up with a name and everything, and decided to bring in a business development partner. The responsibilities for him were: 1. do business operations,...

Partnership

asked Jun 1 '12 at 13:03

Joey Stieben
11 points