Questions

There's a lot of rhetoric, on both sides, about why businesses succeed and fail, but I've seen really no good numbers backing up the claims of either major political party. (in the US) Sure,...

Statistics Failure

asked Jun 1 '12 at 16:51

Splinter Reality
106 points

I have found certain shareware software products have large number of downloads. My question is if there are some 20,000 free downloads, how many of the downloaders would have actually bought and...

Software Website Market Online Conversion

asked Jun 1 '12 at 20:43

Techno
128 points

I'm a Web developper and have a dating website idea. I'll meet in the next few weeks some webmarketers that could be my potential partners. I'll talk about the idea of course and make them an...

Ideas Partner NDA

asked Jun 1 '12 at 22:52

Younès
120 points

If I could partner with 2 or more part time developers, would this be enough and as good as having a full time developer? Eg 4 part time developers = 2 full time developers? I am basing this on...

Co-Founder Development Open Source

asked Jun 2 '12 at 00:20

I Scotts
152 points

A few months after completing a website, a client is requesting a small change (literally changing one word to another on the site). I'm tempted to do this 10 second change for free, except that...

Payments

asked Jun 2 '12 at 00:44

Mirov
384 points

For years I've been using "FOB our office" to signify that the buyer pays for all shipping door-to-door, insurance, import duties, etc. In other words, we hand the package to the FedEx guy and...

International Shipping

asked Jun 2 '12 at 01:22

Martin's
121 points

This question is not asking "what should my rate be?" I would like to some help understanding how to choose a rate. What are some successful methods that others have used in deciding what to...

Pricing Consulting Rates

asked May 24 '12 at 03:28

Greg
116 points

So my co-founder and I spent 10 months and launched a social network 2 weeks ago. We are doing simple fb ads and craigslist advertising and have reached 200 users. As anyone will say, our idea is...

Marketing Startup Costs Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Social Network

asked Jun 2 '12 at 01:24

R W
8 points

I have seen quite a lot of questions/doubts and concerns here on http://answers.onstartups.com about partnerships. Splitting, percentages, responsibilities, legal obligations etc etc. In my...

Partner Legal Partnership Partnerships

asked Jun 2 '12 at 01:30

User983248
489 points

I am selling a b2b enterprise software application. We have been in development for about 4 years, which include some beta testing. Over the past 5 months, we brough on a couple developers with...

B2B

asked May 24 '12 at 03:56

User17410
5 points

I know similar questions have been asked before but I feel this situation is unique. I would appreciate any help. Three founders in total Only one (me) will be building the product The other two...

Equity

asked May 24 '12 at 04:09

Adam
6 points

DotSUB allows anyone to upload videos and provides an interface for subtitling them - to anyone. Looking at the subtitles and their timing of appearance, Khan Academy seems to have crowdsourced...

Video Investment Profitability

asked May 24 '12 at 05:02

Aditya Menon
112 points

Sure, it would be ideal to find a tech cofounder, but that is not always possible. It is easy to oursource the work to build the initial website, but as the website grows and user activity...

Outsourcing

asked Jun 2 '12 at 01:55

Sk24iam
344 points

I run a small web development shop (only 3 guys currently), and I was wondering what the legal ramifications were of hiring someone in the US illegally. He told me he has no plans on becoming a...

Contractor

asked Jun 2 '12 at 02:11

Jeremy Boyd
110 points

As a new startup, do I really need a part-time accountant or can software like QuickBooks do everything for me? Perhaps a bookkeeper to input data into the software is all I need?

Getting Started Financial Bookkeeping Accountants

asked May 24 '12 at 07:30

Anon E
41 points

I have read in a couple of places on how RBI has come down severely on PayPal accounts, blocking them etc... Is it a big issue and is there a risk in opening PayPal accounts for a B2B marketplace...

Getting Started

asked May 24 '12 at 18:28

Disha
16 points

I'm currently in the process of creating a game for the WP7 marketplace. I havin't been throught the process of publishing it to the market place yet but was wondering if there are any pre...

Getting Started Software

asked May 24 '12 at 21:20

Lavinski
104 points

I did a cold call run based on LinkedIn searches a few months ago or so. Since then, I have added new products and services and would like to try again. Is it "proper" to re-call businesses that...

Linkedin

asked Jun 2 '12 at 03:30

Kevin Soviero
180 points

I am starting a new business in California and can't decide whether it should be an LLC or S Corp or an LLC as a S Corp. It would be a single person LLC or S Corp (no other shareholders or...

LLC Tax Business California Corporation

asked Jun 2 '12 at 07:21

Lynne
11 points

I am building a website that solves word games (scrabble, wordfeud, angry words etc.). It does it better than any websites I have seen. I am thinking about how to make money on it (I have three...

Adwords Monetization Website Inspiration Web App

asked Jun 2 '12 at 08:06

Muleskinner
18 points