Questions

Our team is thinking of doing a "Project In A Week" (bootcamp), and I'm interested to know if anyone else has experience of doing this or has any advice? The idea behind it is to get away from the...

Motivation Project Management Team Project

asked Mar 25 '11 at 02:21

Tim S
111 points

We mainly use PayPal as our payment processor on our website. Of late we're seeing that PayPal is having issues with corporate credit cards. Moreover, going forward, PayPal won't accept payments...

Ideas Payments

asked Apr 21 '11 at 05:17

Ankur Jain
566 points

I am about to start writing to Angel investors about my project. Can anybody tell me what are the bullet points to be included while writing to Angels. Should I follow any steps while writing to...

Angel Business Plan

asked Sep 16 '11 at 03:08

Gimp
427 points

a bit of background before my question: I've built a video sharing website that is specific to extreme sports, where users currently embed videos from third-party websites like Vimeo or Youtube....

Competition Community Video

asked Sep 26 '11 at 10:11

Nick Budden
129 points

So my question is: Is the non-technology founder of a successful software as a service start up usually between the ages of 35 and 50 with lots of experience? If so, should I use their career...

Founder Saas

asked Nov 24 '11 at 11:38

John
170 points

I found a Investor for a Business Idea. I do 100% of the work and get a monthly payment for approx. 4-6 months. About that he is the 100% Investor of the whole project. Its a 50-50 project. My...

Investment Money

asked Jul 31 '13 at 02:06

Bergman
13 points

How does Craigslist generate revenue when both posting and responding to listings is free? The only category they seem to charge for is the jobs section.Is that enough of a revenue source for them...

Strategy Revenue Income Craigslist

asked Sep 16 '14 at 15:57

Joseph Long
14 points

My company has developed a .DLL, meaning a software component, which needs to be a part of software to have value. This software component can be useful in a range of applications in everything...

Software Business Model Business Services

asked Dec 3 '10 at 09:14

David
1,567 points

We are applying to an accelerator program, and got past the first two rounds, including the interview. This answer was really helpful while preparing: What should we expect in an accelerator...

Incubators Interviews

asked Aug 16 '12 at 22:06

Mihaly Borbely
715 points

First, I understand this question has been asked several times but I believe this case is a little bit different. Myself and a group of people recently competed in a Startup Weekend event (54...

Equity

asked Aug 15 '13 at 03:53

Ri89
11 points

If you had to pick just one, which book would you say had the most positive impact for your career / business success. My own vote would be for The Art of Pitch by Peter Coughter.

Books Success

asked Feb 8 '14 at 22:10

Zohra Sahertian
26 points

we are in the process of developing a classified ad website due to launch in about a month (yeah i know, this overcrowded market, but we plan to focus on a certain region which is currently...

Market Analysis

asked Jan 25 '10 at 19:10

Gobezu
101 points

My business partner and I currently work as independent contractors in California writing software and have decided to turn it into a real company. Ownership will be 50/50. All revenue will come...

Getting Started LLC Incorporation Tax Payroll

asked Apr 16 '11 at 08:35

Todd H
196 points

I have a mobile app I'm working on. I developed a working mockup as a PHP site, and I have a friend that I can partner with to build an objective-c version who has a lot of experience with this...

Marketing Contract Partner

asked Nov 29 '09 at 09:43

Supermaccount
11 points

I am working on a business plan that I will be pitching to someone very specific. Due to the fact that they are a very large name in their industry (and many others for that matter), the business...

Business Plan Proposal Profit Sharing

asked Apr 26 '11 at 03:06

Joshua
11 points

Has anyone used the online payroll system called "SurePayroll"? If so what were the pros and cons? Please tell the good, bad, and the ugly.

Costs Payroll

asked May 21 '11 at 23:48

Mc Cants
16 points

As you can see from the title I already have my own company (Pest Control) which is Ltd and I am looking at setting up a JV with someone else with their own Pest Control Company. So our current...

Joint Venture

asked Jul 22 '11 at 08:15

Daniel
11 points

A better way to put the question: is it reasonable to just do everything yourself, and fix things up later if they aren't quite right? Or is this likely to lead to disaster, even with the help of...

Legal

asked Aug 29 '11 at 07:57

James
121 points

There are a couple startups I'm thinking about joining. They are in very early stages (seed round or incubation). I am interested in the position of technical co-founder. They've all asked that we...

Co-Founder Contract Equity Technical Lean

asked Dec 4 '12 at 09:57

Scott Coates
111 points

We recently launched a software for Yoga Teachers to help them with their business around 3 weeks ago. The software has a free version that can be used for 30 days and has a pay per month version...

Marketing Sales Software

asked Jul 31 '13 at 15:01

John E
11 points