Questions

I have a an idea for a startup that would be closely intertwined with the Advertising industry. I still need to do the necessary research to determine if the idea is viable and to identify all the...

Advertising Consulting

asked Aug 17 '11 at 06:07

Beachrunnerjoe
319 points

So we launched our website almost exactly one and a half months ago. We have about 900 unique visitors in that time. Not nearly as many as we all would have hoped, but hey, it's still early, and we...

Marketing Website Web Design Mobile

asked Aug 17 '11 at 05:40

Slandau
203 points

Do all s corps require you to have shares, board of directors and annual meetings. I work for a very small software development firm (right passed a start-up, we actually have good stable income)...

Legal Corporate Structure

asked Aug 17 '11 at 05:21

Frank
43 points

I am having a lot of anxiety and fear when thinking about quitting my high paying job to join a startup that has a lot of potential. I have great hours, an excellent management team, and rewarding...

Getting Started Career

asked Aug 17 '11 at 02:50

Imaginative
205 points

I'm the sole founder of a startup and I've incorporated a delaware c-corp, but have not yet issued any shares. I'm putting all that legal stuff off so I can focus on product development. Plan is to...

Incorporation Intellectual Property Shares

asked Aug 16 '11 at 10:38

Gman
6 points

I am looking to start a service business that has very low barriers to entry and I am concerned with competition. Has anyone had a similar problem or concern? If so, what have you done to overcome...

Getting Started Competition Micro Startup

asked Aug 16 '11 at 09:41

Grandejessica
6 points

Can someone point me to some examples of how to handle depreciation in QuickBooks (2009)? To give an example, I buy a computer for $2000 in 2009. I choose "Equipment" as category. I duly report my...

Tax Bookkeeping

asked Aug 16 '11 at 06:27

Dave
160 points

I have seen many website which create flash banner ads online and you can directly download the customized flash banner, thought it is not a new business idea I feel I can add some unique feature...

Business Plan Market Analysis Revenue Market Research

asked Aug 16 '11 at 03:05

Yuvraj
57 points

I have an idea of a social web-app and am seriously consider to have my own startup on that. So I would like to ask, what are the major expenses of running a web-site? Specifically, what are the...

Planning Website

asked Aug 16 '11 at 01:32

Im Chc
38 points

Working full time, and working freelance projects, makes me have limited time to develop my web startup. It's been a year, and it's not done yet. Not done means it's not completely usable yet....

Entrepreneurs

asked Aug 15 '11 at 23:02

Victor
593 points

As some of my earlier questions point out, I'm a web design enthusiast and am hard at work to launch a small company, myself being the single employee. I had a simple question: how do I charge my...

Charging Web Design

asked Aug 15 '11 at 17:23

Purmou
147 points

I am a founder of a startup with 10% shares. We are in the stage of Series A financing. The valuation of the VC is pretty low according to me. Also the option pool that VC is demanding from us...

Funding

asked Aug 15 '11 at 14:54

A D
6 points

Both of those examples don't charge anything, and don't have ads on their wedsite/app. Both of them have (to the best of my knowledge) gotten hugh amounts of money in funding rounds. How exactly...

Funding Money

asked Aug 15 '11 at 14:13

In Between
121 points

I'm leaving an extremely well paying job, one that I'm even fairly happy with, for a startup that I think will do really well. It's been a difficult choice because I have a family and a mortgage....

Equity Partnerships

asked Aug 15 '11 at 06:41

Imaginative
205 points

My startup company has put together a group of friends and family investors who will be investing in the form of a convertible note. I've done quite a bit of research on convertible notes, but am...

Finance Startup Costs Legal Convertible Note

asked Aug 15 '11 at 01:29

Nick Branstator
11 points

I have about 2000 users of my first product. When they bought (over the past 3 years), I didn't have any checkbox on my order page asking if they wanted to receive notifications or updates from my...

Marketing Software Legal

asked Aug 14 '11 at 20:09

Carlton D
38 points

I am currently working as a full time software developer in the USA. I have a B.S. in Computer Science and over 4 years of professional experience (so I'm still sort of in the junior developer...

Fulltime Contractor

asked Aug 14 '11 at 12:53

Andrew
18 points

I am in the process of developing a SaaS website and am going through the process of determining subscription levels and pricing structures. On top of the monthly subscription for the on-going...

Pricing Saas

asked Aug 14 '11 at 10:01

Chris Roberts
1,352 points

we have a customer that's about to choose between us writing software for them, and a ready made solution. The market is investment banking, and we have the opportunity to staff people and grow our...

Software Finance Competition Project Quote

asked Aug 14 '11 at 09:15

Mithrandir
11 points

We have our presentation at startup weekend later today. Is it a recommended strategy to purchase follower lists on our Twitter and Facebook fan page sites to show interest? Or would that be...

Facebook Twitter Micro Startup

asked Aug 14 '11 at 08:30

Adarsh
1 point