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6 Votes
3 Answers
2.61K Views
How big should a company's rainy day fund be?

"They" have always said that, as an individual, we should have enough in cash savings to cover 3-6 months of living expenses. Have you heard of a rule of thumb for (small) businesses? How do you...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 12:32
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Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.49K Views
What are the top 10 'Startup Friendly' States in the U.S.A?

Which state(s) would you relocate to if you were thinking of starting a startup?. Why do you think those states are 'Startup Friendly'?

asked Oct 13 '09 at 12:11
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Anup
547 points

4 Votes
9 Answers
3.54K Views
Are interns worthwhile?

Derek's question inspired another question... for a small startup (bigger than a one-man shop, but less than a dozen) are interns worthwhile? In my experience, I've run into a few...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 12:10
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Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.71K Views
Looking for a template for a mentoring or coaching program

I am at a startup and we are looking to bring on board a two interns. One is marketing and the other iPhone Development. Looking for templates or website to help create a mentoring and training...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 10:23
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Derek Beda
221 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.59K Views
How do I weight the risk/benefit of incorporating as a non-profit verses an for profit LLC?

I have a start-up that could potentially qualify for non-profit 501(c)(3) status (an educational Q&A website for a specific branch of Psychology). The business would incur some debt and have...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 10:09
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Rob Allen
631 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
1.93K Views
what are the various methods to make money of your startup

i know some some of them please add/edit 1: selling products to customers 2: profits from adsense/clicks/ads 3: selling services 4: donations 5:subscriptions 6:

asked Oct 13 '09 at 09:42
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Syed
445 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.56K Views
seed round parameters?

How should we decide how much we need to raise in a seed round? Our biggest expense is salary for the founders -- just enough so we can work full time on the company without living in our cars or...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 08:43
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Bstpierre
422 points

22 Votes
17 Answers
7K Views
Should I get a phone number for my start-up?

I've noticed that a lot of software start-up companies do not post a contact phone number on their website. Even some seemingly established companies (such as 37signals) do not post their phone...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 07:07
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Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

6 Votes
7 Answers
3.85K Views
How do i know if the idea i have in mind for startup is not being worked on by another stealth startup company

I have an idea in my mind, but how do i know if someother company is already working on a similar idea (espeically in stealth mode) or worse if i start working on my idea and half way through if...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 06:59
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Syed
445 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
2.66K Views
Enjoy patent pending status, or file for an early reivew?

My start up is getting ready to launch a retail product, for which we have filed (and expect to be granted) a patent application. The typical time for a patent to be reviewed is about 2-3 years,...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 06:51
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Michael
250 points

0 Votes
4 Answers
2.99K Views
When to say no to a job offer?

What if you were finishing your degree and you got an offer from a big company, such as McKinsey. What would you do? Would you say no thanks and work 100% on your idea, or work part-time on your...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 06:36
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Tiago
333 points

4 Votes
5 Answers
3.06K Views
What if partner quits? Who owns the code?

If there is agreement with 50-50 split between two partners but what if one partner quits after lets say 1 year. How to handle that kind of scenario? Give some stocks for that 1 year work?

asked Oct 13 '09 at 06:12
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Web Thinker
430 points

3 Votes
9 Answers
3.15K Views
Lifestyle company

VCs are looking for extremely large exits. This puts a lot of pressure on the founders to succeed fast or fail fast. A small, self-sustaining company can be more rewarding, because it can be molded...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 05:53
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Omer Gertel
118 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
4.5K Views
Sample Term Sheets?

My company is working with a handful of private investors and we would like to see what a typical term sheet looks like. Does anybody know where I can find myself some sample term sheets that show...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 04:46
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Jason
152 points

4 Votes
6 Answers
3.3K Views
API and business models

What is your take on content-provider web-service startups (e.g. Yelp) exposing an API to their content? How does it affect the business model of the service and how can you monetize it? What...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 04:43
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Mahmood Ali
23 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
6.21K Views
Should a founder be a C-level executive of his startup?

Considering the fact that a startup usually happens because of a founder's initial vision. Is it a good idea to have a founder as one of the C-level executives of a startup company?. What...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 04:42
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Anup
547 points

6 Votes
5 Answers
2.51K Views
How to deal with burnout?

In any startup there is always stuff to do. Lots of stuff and it demands to be done. And while getting it done feels good, working around the clock for a while is a sure way to burnout. So I...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 03:58
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Slav Ivanov
1,146 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
3.08K Views
Accepting online debit/credit payments in Italy

According to Wikipedia, accepting online credit card payments is possible in Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_card#Italy. Anyone have experience implementing such a solution? Who has a...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 02:42
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Friism
111 points

4 Votes
6 Answers
3.78K Views
What Job Boards Do You Use to Find High Quality Technical Talent?

At some point, we all exhaust our networks and need to look externally for talent. We're planning to do some specific recruiting around front-end and "all-around" dev folks in the next few months...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 02:04
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Randfish
1,001 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.55K Views
When does a VC take into consideration projected revenues?

When you pitch your idea to a VC and he is expressly concerned with numbers: 1) How do you best determine projected revenues? 2) Do most VC's take into consideration projected revenues or do...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 01:32
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Isaac Hill
31 points