Questions

I own a US C coporation and i've linked a checking account to it with an EIN. I'm a freelancer and I've received some payments for my services through Google checkout & Paypal, The total amount...

Incorporation Tax

asked May 5 '12 at 21:35

Ryan
139 points

I've developed a Thunderbird extension which allows users to create and share notes for emails. I would like to advertise it and sell subscriptions to the sharing service. Unfortunately AdWords...

Adwords

asked May 5 '12 at 21:45

Alehro
113 points

I am trying to determine when I should quit my job to pursue a startup. Here is what I feel are the pros/cons of leaving Pros Can focus more / no time constraints Iterations are much quicker (I...

Getting Started Venture Capital

asked May 6 '12 at 01:28

David
51 points

I own a side company creating web apps. I formed an LLC, registered an EIN and opened a business checking account. Recently, I sold a copy of my software for let's say $10,000. Now, since...

LLC Tax Accounting

asked Apr 28 '12 at 08:13

Luckytaxi
177 points

I'm trying to generate a reasonable valuation for my content/community based startup. It has not launched yet. How do content/community based startups come up with their first valuation. For...

Valuation

asked May 6 '12 at 02:09

Marc
113 points

Lets's say you guys had a product you sold for $20. Let's say the product was for high school football coaches. What would be the most effective way to reach the North American Market? The only...

Marketing Market Research

asked Apr 28 '12 at 10:03

Mike
11 points

I'm working for a non-profit company, and I was wondering what your thoughts are on the following options for the primary domain name: thexyzalliance.org txyz.org thexyz.org Originally, I was...

Domain Name

asked Apr 28 '12 at 11:24

Blacktie24
104 points

I am currently employed by my parents' company. As a tax saving option, they have decided to make me a partner. Does this mean I have to file a P45?

UK Partnership

asked Apr 29 '12 at 00:18

Jo B
1 point

My business model is subscription based therefore I need to use a payment service that is practical for this purpose. Unfortunately, as far as I researched, such services are only available to US...

Incorporation Foreign Tax

asked May 6 '12 at 16:49

Kaan Soral
66 points

I had a mobile application idea and shared my idea with my co-worker. Later, he suggested we file for a provisional patent together. We verbally agreed that each of us owns half of the patent...

Patent Provisional Patent

asked May 6 '12 at 17:21

User17835
21 points

I am an Engineering student. I have killer products for startups. Should I launch it today or should I get MBA expertise first? Please, help.

MBA

asked May 7 '12 at 04:00

Sachin Shekhar
260 points

I opened a gourmet shop 3 months ago. The same people come into my shop and offer various kinds of advertisement, and products that they think will fit into my store. When they come for the first...

Advertising Customer Service Small Business

asked Apr 29 '12 at 05:35

Nadia1903
36 points

I have an android app that I made and it gets a few downloads here and there. It is a business coaching app. It is pretty helpful, but when people require more involved help, I show them a scree...

Consulting

asked Apr 29 '12 at 07:43

Genadinik
1,821 points

We are a team of 3 people who are developers. We would like to offer services like website / webapp development mobile app development desktop app development We are only coders, we dont have...

Getting Started Website Web Dev Developers Mobile

asked May 7 '12 at 18:40

Ahmed Al Hafoudh
108 points

How can I have an idea of the dilution of employee stock options for a company that is going through different rounds of funding? For example, a company that has received a total of $100M funding...

Valuation Stock Options Dilution

asked May 7 '12 at 22:02

6152142613526
68 points

I am based in the US, but I would like to start an ISP in a different country. Would it be reasonable to find investors in the US? Or do I have to find investors in the target country?

International Investors

asked Apr 29 '12 at 14:18

Ayub
133 points

I run a small business in custom software development in Canada, and I think it has gotten to the point where I can release my own product. My question has to do with using existing...

Products Intellectual Property Licensing Small Business

asked May 8 '12 at 03:03

Super Tron
108 points

Should we get angels to come in after we have made a prototype or should we wait until we have an established base of customers? We realize that we can't go to investors without a prototype to show...

Angel Prototype

asked Apr 29 '12 at 14:57

V B
24 points

Hopefully I will manage to create an LLC pretty soon, within the next few weeks. I do not own a laptop and I was thinking in buying a laptop then I can write it off as a business expense. What...

LLC Business Purchasing

asked May 8 '12 at 06:13

Viriato
144 points

My team has 3 founders: 2 technical & 1 non-technical. We just started a few months ago. The non-technical 1 is like the VP Marketing: has a few key contacts for our launch strategy, built our...

Co-Founder

asked Apr 29 '12 at 23:30

Peter
6 points