Questions

As an entrepreneur, when visiting a city with an active startup community, is it appropriate to drop in unannounced at one or more of the local incubators? (Assuming you don't know anyone in the...

Incubators Introduction

asked May 25 '12 at 05:45

Blueberryfields
426 points

When calculating Gross Profit Margin, do you include the startup funds you raised in your net sales or just the sales you've made For example, should it look like: Net Sales.. ...Plus startup...

Accounting Profitability

asked Jun 2 '12 at 11:14

Rohit
1 point

I use a lot of sites to run the by business. Fresh books for invoices, smartrecruiters for recruiting...other sites for conference calls, collaboration, human resources, advertising, etc....

Web Apps

asked Jun 2 '12 at 13:44

Larry
1 point

i'm starting an LLC with a close friend. we're making mobile apps. i'm the developer, he's the graphics guy. we plan to make and sell several different apps. i'll be working full time on this...

Equity Profit Sharing

asked May 25 '12 at 12:30

App Guy
1 point

Internationalization and localization are some ways to test the water in various regions, to see which market you fit in best. I wonder if any of you has any experience in a multi-lingual web...

Management International Localization Translation

asked May 25 '12 at 14:33

Victor
593 points

I suppose this question would be useful to anyone who is natively from one country but living in another setting up a business. I'm an English man currently with a business bank account and sole...

Finance Tax Business Bank Sole Proprietorship

asked May 25 '12 at 17:59

Littlejim84
141 points

We sell B2B software, and receive most of our payments by bank transfer or cheque. We're currently using Google Checkout to take online card payments. We have some issues with Google Checkout...

Software Payments B2B

asked May 25 '12 at 19:57

Cocowalla
327 points

I'm currently building/running a 'digital marketing agency' from home with my partner. We provide websites (business card sites, CMS-driven sites, e-commerce etc), hosting, email services right...

Pricing Competition

asked Jun 3 '12 at 03:26

Anonymous
557 points

I've $100,000 from my personal money for a new company. I was thinking about going to Austin, TX, as I've heard Silicon Valley is more to raise money than to actually develop apps. Viewing all the...

Venture Capital Angel Business Plan Fundraising

asked May 25 '12 at 23:55

Hartator
116 points

I am about to launch my mobile app which should be useful to many users. It is free of charge to download and use. I have a dilemma where I am not sure whether I should ask my users to login...

Users Mobile

asked May 26 '12 at 03:54

Ted
118 points

Apart from bookkeeping, what are the typical duties of an accountant for a small software based startup?

Getting Started Accountants

asked May 26 '12 at 08:47

Lavinski
104 points

How can a startup protect their technology from being copied by a manufacturer? Is it just a matter of contracts and trust? For example, Apple doesn't assemble iPads. How do they prevent their...

Piracy China Manufacturing

asked May 26 '12 at 11:13

Ed Pichler
201 points

I have been running a website for a month or so and as I now have some revenue coming through it, I have registered a limited company. The company name is different from my website name, as I...

Company Website Register

asked May 9 '12 at 16:51

Gary
11 points

I've sent concise pitches about my startup (general, and for various features) to around 20 tech journalists from tech blogs/sites (Mashable, Techcrunch, TNW, RRW, Lifehacker, Venturebeat, etc.),...

Marketing Pitch Coverage

asked May 19 '12 at 00:43

Bozho
155 points

we have a simple spare parts selling business online. At present We store and search parts from stores manually. Which is becoming hard day by day as inventory is growing. The solution I thought is...

Sales Business Plan

asked May 9 '12 at 19:43

Eagleye
108 points

How do I get financial information (turnover, profit etc) for a competitor located in Canada? Here in Sweden, there are several sites which can be used to get financial information. For instance,...

Competition Financial

asked May 9 '12 at 19:58

Jgauffin
119 points

In the general sense, I'm wonder how startup consultants might be different from business consultants?

Consulting

asked May 19 '12 at 04:21

Blunders .
899 points

I am wondering if anybody in the community has experience with Amazon.com's merchant programs, and whether or not they are a boon or a negative factor to a growing e-retail business. They have been...

Ecommerce

asked May 19 '12 at 05:44

Futureal
389 points

Given an offer to join an established company, earning at least a couple of million a year in revenue (under 10 employees) and which is a subsidiary to a multi billion dollar parent company; what...

Development Equity Employees

asked May 10 '12 at 01:34

Maxim Gershkovich
234 points

Kickstarter videos are pretty amazing, though it's unclear to me what really makes for an effective Kickstarter video; meaning the video is/was a core aspect of raise funds for the project. What...

Kickstarter

asked May 19 '12 at 08:44

Blunders .
899 points