Questions

We are a UK-based web start-up and as far as I know it is not possible to patent software in the UK or EU (IMHO a good thing). But we would like to protect ourselves in the US by making a...

Patent Provisional Patent

asked Mar 15 '12 at 20:59

Noel Abrahams
111 points

After two years of development, our start-up is pre-beta and in an incubator. We have the chance to pitch on This Week in Startups, but I am concerned about too much publicity from potential...

Pitch Publishing

asked Mar 15 '12 at 15:55

Laramie
192 points

I work with contractors often, and of course go the W-9 + 1099 route with US-based folks. I'll be hiring a handful of part-time non-US contract developers soon (one in Brazil, one in Switzerland)....

Tax Contractor

asked Mar 15 '12 at 13:30

Bmoeskau
356 points

I was looking at kickstarter to get some funding for a possible business venture. Kickstarter funding would cover entity filing fees and other costs or licenses and materials. I have seen some...

Funding Equity Crowdsourcing

asked Mar 15 '12 at 12:35

Cqm
11 points

When converting from an LLC to a C Corp, can we use the same EIN for the C Corp?

Tax IRS EIN

asked Mar 15 '12 at 11:11

Jon
1 point

We are looking to start up a business and are in a different situation then I have been in before. I will be looking at financing the money that starts the business. I have one partner that will...

Equity Seed Funding

asked Mar 15 '12 at 09:46

Jim
1 point

Suppose you run a small dev shop with 4 people (all software developers) and have been doing dev work for few clients. For one of these clients the dev shop dedicates about 70% of the time on...

Valuation

asked Mar 15 '12 at 08:26

Steven
21 points

My LLC was formed as of yesterday. I am now in the process of applying for an EIN through the IRS. The application asks for my business start date. I am an online business, and have not technically...

Getting Started LLC EIN

asked Mar 15 '12 at 08:11

User16817
63 points

My company is Canadian and I'm planning to purchase a VPS account for my business with a Dallas,TX based company. But I'm being told by a friend that this may be a problem for the following...

Legal Privacy

asked Mar 15 '12 at 05:01

Ray
215 points

We have a web hosting startup and plan to accept international business. With regards to paying VAT is that still a responsibility for any customer in the EU? We currently have no assets or...

VAT Global Customers

asked Mar 15 '12 at 00:27

Marco Ceppi
126 points

the funders for my projects plan to put up a holding corporation. this holding corporation is intended to fund feasible projects by various project proponents not only those projects by me but...

Co-Founder Incorporation Equity Legal

asked Mar 14 '12 at 13:48

Lovelyvixen
1 point

It seems silly to me that I would have to notify myself about the annual meeting, but is this required to stay legal? Edit: I incorporated in Delaware.

Incorporation

asked Mar 14 '12 at 12:05

Patrick Kenny
277 points

As a start up that has already a development team and a product in beta status we are looking for a co-founder that could bring the start up to the next level. I found some resources about how to...

Co-Founder Business Development

asked Mar 14 '12 at 08:44

Felix Albrecht
11 points

I recently met with a local start-up and was presented an offer. I spent the last few days reading on this board looking for insight into the start-up financing world. The start-up is technology...

Equity Job Offer

asked Mar 14 '12 at 03:08

Patrick
11 points

My friend and I are about to launch our website in 6 weeks. We do not have a company registered yet. We are working on full time jobs and plan to set up a company once our website launches and...

Getting Started Marketing Technology Conferences

asked Mar 14 '12 at 02:21

Raj
24 points

I have been working with a startup for 6 months. It is an advertising company for which there is a very heavy technology portion (I would say 50% of the company is based off of a mobile front-end,...

Software Technology Equity

asked Mar 14 '12 at 00:30

Phil
210 points

Can anyone recommend websites or organizations that would give loans to pre-revenue startups or to founders who don't currently have income? The simplicity and speed of this method could make it...

Debt

asked Mar 13 '12 at 20:49

Ashton M.
83 points

My partners and I are working on a startup and part of our model is acting as a 3rd party aggregator of certain services, similar to a travel agent, meaning customers pay us and we pay the service...

Insurance Service Merchant Account Retail

asked Mar 13 '12 at 19:05

Dmoore
46 points

As a stock holder, do I have the right to know how many stocks other investors have? The company is not publicly traded yet, but I am having difficulty trusting that I have received my fair "share"...

Equity Legal

asked Mar 13 '12 at 17:28

User16901
11 points

We are a very strong team technology-wise but little start-up/business experience on board. It would make an awful lot of sense to extend the team with someone who potentially has start-up...

Sales Partner Business

asked Mar 13 '12 at 15:31

Michael Hausenblas
118 points